The function __alloc_fd was added to support binder[1]. With binder fixed[2] there are no more users. As alloc_fd just calls __alloc_fd with "files=current->files", merge them together by transforming the files parameter into a local variable initialized to current->files. [1] dcfadfa4ec5a ("new helper: __alloc_fd()") [2] 44d8047f1d87 ("binder: use standard functions to allocate fds") Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200817220425.9389-16-ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/file.c | 11 +++-------- include/linux/fdtable.h | 2 -- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c index 07e25f1b9dfd..621563701bd9 100644 --- a/fs/file.c +++ b/fs/file.c @@ -480,9 +480,9 @@ static unsigned int find_next_fd(struct fdtable *fdt, unsigned int start) /* * allocate a file descriptor, mark it busy. */ -int __alloc_fd(struct files_struct *files, - unsigned start, unsigned end, unsigned flags) +static int alloc_fd(unsigned start, unsigned end, unsigned flags) { + struct files_struct *files = current->files; unsigned int fd; int error; struct fdtable *fdt; @@ -538,14 +538,9 @@ int __alloc_fd(struct files_struct *files, return error; } -static int alloc_fd(unsigned start, unsigned end, unsigned flags) -{ - return __alloc_fd(current->files, start, end, flags); -} - int __get_unused_fd_flags(unsigned flags, unsigned long nofile) { - return __alloc_fd(current->files, 0, nofile, flags); + return alloc_fd(0, nofile, flags); } int get_unused_fd_flags(unsigned flags) diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h index a5ec736d74a5..dc476ae92f56 100644 --- a/include/linux/fdtable.h +++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h @@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ int iterate_fd(struct files_struct *, unsigned, int (*)(const void *, struct file *, unsigned), const void *); -extern int __alloc_fd(struct files_struct *files, - unsigned start, unsigned end, unsigned flags); extern int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd); extern int __close_range(unsigned int fd, unsigned int max_fd, unsigned int flags); -- 2.25.0