Re: [PATCH RFC] fs: introduce a default_open for simple f_op->openuse

From: Artem Bityutskiy
Date: Mon Jun 06 2011 - 06:40:33 EST


On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 15:04 -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> There are many f_op->open implementations that simply do:
>
> file->private_data = inode->i_private;
>
> This introduces a new global symbol, default_open, that can be
> used instead of the private implementations.
>
> This also removes a couple private implementations that share the
> same symbol name.
>
> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> If this patch looks reasonable, I have some additional patches that
> convert all other similar f_op->open implemenations to use default_open
> tree wide. The full diffstat looks like this:

Looks good to me, thanks.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (ÐÑÑÑÐ ÐÐÑÑÑÐÐÐ)

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