Re: [PATCH 02/39] introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it.

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On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 01:15:48AM GMT, viro@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 	For any changes of struct fd representation we need to
> turn existing accesses to fields into calls of wrappers.
> Accesses to struct fd::flags are very few (3 in linux/file.h,
> 1 in net/socket.c, 3 in fs/overlayfs/file.c and 3 more in
> explicit initializers).
> 	Those can be dealt with in the commit converting to
> new layout; accesses to struct fd::file are too many for that.
> 	This commit converts (almost) all of f.file to
> fd_file(f).  It's not entirely mechanical ('file' is used as
> a member name more than just in struct fd) and it does not
> even attempt to distinguish the uses in pointer context from
> those in boolean context; the latter will be eventually turned
> into a separate helper (fd_empty()).
> 
> 	NOTE: mass conversion to fd_empty(), tempting as it
> might be, is a bad idea; better do that piecewise in commit
> that convert from fdget...() to CLASS(...).
> 
> [conflicts in fs/fhandle.c, kernel/bpf/syscall.c, mm/memcontrol.c
> caught by git; fs/stat.c one got caught by git grep]
> [fs/xattr.c conflict]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>




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