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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-07-01 17:47:51 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-07-01 17:47:51 -0700
commit2d01eedf1d14432f4db5388a49dc5596a8c5bd02 (patch)
tree646525acc0475b2899827c1bfbd25f05ec1b8092 /fs/seq_file.c
parent6ac15baacb6ecd87c66209627753b96ded3b4515 (diff)
parentabdd4a7025282fbe3737e1bcb5f51afc8d8ea1b8 (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge third patchbomb from Andrew Morton: - the rest of MM - scripts/gdb updates - ipc/ updates - lib/ updates - MAINTAINERS updates - various other misc things * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (67 commits) genalloc: rename of_get_named_gen_pool() to of_gen_pool_get() genalloc: rename dev_get_gen_pool() to gen_pool_get() x86: opt into HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS, for both 32-bit and 64-bit MAINTAINERS: add zpool MAINTAINERS: BCACHE: Kent Overstreet has changed email address MAINTAINERS: move Jens Osterkamp to CREDITS MAINTAINERS: remove unused nbd.h pattern MAINTAINERS: update brcm gpio filename pattern MAINTAINERS: update brcm dts pattern MAINTAINERS: update sound soc intel patterns MAINTAINERS: remove website for paride MAINTAINERS: update Emulex ocrdma email addresses bcache: use kvfree() in various places libcxgbi: use kvfree() in cxgbi_free_big_mem() target: use kvfree() in session alloc and free IB/ehca: use kvfree() in ipz_queue_{cd}tor() drm/nouveau/gem: use kvfree() in u_free() drm: use kvfree() in drm_free_large() cxgb4: use kvfree() in t4_free_mem() cxgb3: use kvfree() in cxgb_free_mem() ...
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/seq_file.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/seq_file.c19
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 52b492721603..1d9c1cbd4d0b 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -48,18 +48,21 @@ static void *seq_buf_alloc(unsigned long size)
* ERR_PTR(error). In the end of sequence they return %NULL. ->show()
* returns 0 in case of success and negative number in case of error.
* Returning SEQ_SKIP means "discard this element and move on".
+ * Note: seq_open() will allocate a struct seq_file and store its
+ * pointer in @file->private_data. This pointer should not be modified.
*/
int seq_open(struct file *file, const struct seq_operations *op)
{
- struct seq_file *p = file->private_data;
+ struct seq_file *p;
+
+ WARN_ON(file->private_data);
+
+ p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!p)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ file->private_data = p;
- if (!p) {
- p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!p)
- return -ENOMEM;
- file->private_data = p;
- }
- memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
mutex_init(&p->lock);
p->op = op;
#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS