Hi, Please find a revised patchset to remove support for passing pre-allocated struct seq_file to seq_open().
Such feature is undocumented and prone to error. In particular, if seq_release() is used in release handler, it will kfree() a pointer which was not allocated by seq_open(). So, please find a patchset that drop the support for pre-allocated struct seq_file: it's only of use in proc_namespace.c and can be easily replaced by using seq_open_private()/seq_release_private(). Additionally, it documents the use of file->private_data to hold pointer to struct seq_file by seq_open(). Changes from v0 [0]: - convert kmalloc() + memset() to kzalloc() - revised a bit commit messages [0] [PATCH 0/3] seq_file allocation in seq_open() http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] http://lkml.kernel.org/g/[email protected] Yann Droneaud (3): fs: use seq_open_private() for proc_mounts fs: allocate structure unconditionally in seq_open() fs: documents seq_open()'s usage of file->private_data fs/mount.h | 3 --- fs/namespace.c | 6 +++--- fs/proc_namespace.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++------------------ fs/seq_file.c | 19 +++++++++++-------- 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) -- 2.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
