On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 09:08:55PM +0000, 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. > > Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/file.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- > include/linux/file.h | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c > index 2f4fcf985079..0ceeb046f4f3 100644 > --- a/fs/file.c > +++ b/fs/file.c > @@ -706,9 +706,9 @@ void do_close_on_exec(struct files_struct *files) > spin_unlock(&files->file_lock); > } > > -static struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs) > +static struct file *__fget_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd, > + fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs) > { > - struct files_struct *files = current->files; > struct file *file; > > rcu_read_lock(); > @@ -729,6 +729,11 @@ static struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs) > return file; > } > > +static struct file *__fget(unsigned int fd, fmode_t mask, unsigned int refs) > +{ > + return __fget_files(current->files, fd, mask, refs); > +} > + > struct file *fget_many(unsigned int fd, unsigned int refs) > { > return __fget(fd, FMODE_PATH, refs); > @@ -746,6 +751,19 @@ struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(fget_raw); > > +struct file *fget_task(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd) > +{ > + struct file *file = NULL; > + > + task_lock(task); > + if (task->files) > + file = __fget_files(task->files, fd, 0, 1); > + > + task_unlock(task); Nit: remove the \n: task_lock(task); if (task->files) file = __fget_files(task->files, fd, 0, 1); task_unlock(task); Christian