Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 5 Jan 2020 13:47:49 +0100 | From | Christian Brauner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] vfs, fdtable: Add get_task_file helper |
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On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 08:29:26AM -0800, Sargun Dhillon wrote: > This introduces a function which can be used to fetch a file, given an > arbitrary task. As long as the user holds a reference (refcnt) to the > task_struct it is safe to call, and will either return NULL on failure, > or a pointer to the file, with a refcnt. > > This patch is based on Oleg Nesterov's (cf. [1]) patch from September > 2018. > > [1]: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20180915160423.GA31461@redhat.com > > Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me> > Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> > Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Nit: the patch is titled "vfs, fdtable: Add get_task_file helper" but the actual helper is called fget_task()
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