[PATCH RFC POC 24/50] file: make FD_ADD() a standalone immediate install
From: Christian Brauner
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 08:58:04 EST
FD_ADD() was built on FD_PREPARE() + fd_publish(). Give it its own small
macro that allocates the descriptor so it stays an immediate one-shot
for the hot descriptor-is-the-result paths (open, socket, accept, memfd
etc.).
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/file.h | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index 04dd85cdd9bf..1ee7f058a882 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -259,24 +259,30 @@ static inline int class_fd_prepare_lock_err(const struct fd_prepare *fdf)
take_fd(fdp->__fd); \
})
-/* Do not use directly. */
-#define __FD_ADD(_fdf, _fd_flags, _file_owned) \
- ({ \
- FD_PREPARE(_fdf, _fd_flags, _file_owned); \
- s32 ret = _fdf.err; \
- if (likely(!ret)) \
- ret = fd_publish(_fdf); \
- ret; \
- })
-
/*
- * FD_ADD - Allocate and install an fd and file in one step.
+ * FD_ADD - allocate a descriptor, build the file and install it in one step.
* @_fd_flags: flags for get_unused_fd_flags()
- * @_file_owned: struct file to take ownership of
+ * @_file_owned: struct file to take ownership of (can be an expression)
*
- * Returns the allocated fd number, or negative error code on failure.
+ * The file expression is evaluated only after the descriptor is allocated, so
+ * a full table does not run its side effects. Drops the file and returns a
+ * negative errno on failure. Installs immediately: for anything more than a
+ * bare install-and-return (reporting the number, configuring the file,
+ * installing several descriptors) use fd_prepare()/fd_stage().
*/
-#define FD_ADD(_fd_flags, _file_owned) \
- __FD_ADD(__UNIQUE_ID(fd_prepare), _fd_flags, _file_owned)
+#define FD_ADD(_fd_flags, _file_owned) \
+({ \
+ int __fd = get_unused_fd_flags(_fd_flags); \
+ if (likely(__fd >= 0)) { \
+ struct file *__file = (_file_owned); \
+ if (unlikely(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__file))) { \
+ put_unused_fd(__fd); \
+ __fd = __file ? PTR_ERR(__file) : -ENOMEM; \
+ } else { \
+ fd_install(__fd, __file); \
+ } \
+ } \
+ __fd; \
+})
#endif /* __LINUX_FILE_H */
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2.53.0