From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com>
To: pavi1729 <pavitra1729@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Query on freeing of new_fdt->open_fds in file.c
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:38:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151212003813.GA889@zzz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMf7+LghwfEa=52v8o9vWzT7aSs0HaLuqMEE1d7MLSWwr2Kk6g@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 05:21:40PM +0530, pavi1729 wrote:
> Hi,
> I am unable to understand how
>
> new_fdt->open_fds can be freed in __free_fdtable when its an
> unsigned long in files_struct ?
The 'struct fdtable' is either embedded in the files_struct (if there are few
file descriptors) or allocated separately (if there are many file descriptors).
__free_fdtable() is only ever called if the 'struct fdtable' is *not* embedded.
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2015-12-11 11:51 Query on freeing of new_fdt->open_fds in file.c pavi1729
2015-12-12 0:38 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
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