Re: [PATCH 16/17] file: Merge __alloc_fd into alloc_fd

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Tue Aug 18 2020 - 06:17:13 EST


On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 05:04:24PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> The function __alloc_fd was added to support binder[1]. With binder
> fixed[2] there are no more users. Further with get_files_struct
> removed there can be no more users of __alloc_fd that pass anything
> except current->files.
>
> As alloc_fd just calls __alloc_fd with "files=current->files",
> merge them together by transforming the files parameter into a
> ocal variable initialized to current->files.
>
> [1] dcfadfa4ec5a ("new helper: __alloc_fd()")
> [2] 44d8047f1d87 ("binder: use standard functions to allocate fds")
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>