Re: [PATCH/RFC 1/2] anon-inodes: Remove fd_install() from anon_inode_getfd()

Roland Dreier
2008-02-27T20:14:44Z

> > The anonymous inodes interface anon_inode_getfd() calls fd_install()
> > for the newly created fd, which does not work for some use cases where
> > the caller must do futher initialization before exposing the file to
> > userspace. This is also probably not the safest interface, since the
> > caller must be sure that it is OK if userspace closes the fd before
> > anon_inode_getfd() even returns.
>
> I believe Al changed the interface to not give out inode* and file*, *and*
> call fd_install() inside it. I'd slightly prefer Al version, although I
> don't see any major problems in this one too.

Any pointer to that patch? A web search for "viro" and
"anon_inode_getfd" doesn't turn up anything likely looking.

- R.