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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com>
To: pavi1729 <pavitra1729@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Query on freeing of new_fdt->open_fds in file.c
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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.