Hi Linus, /* Summary */ This is a cleanup for close_range() which was sent as part of a bugfix we did some time ago in 9b5b872215fe ("file: fix close_range() for unshare+cloexec"). We used to share more code between some helpers for close_range() which made retrieving the maximum number of open fds before calling into the helpers sensible. But with the introduction of CLOSE_RANGE_CLOEXEC and the need to retrieve the number of maximum fds once more for CLOSE_RANGE_CLOEXEC that stopped making sense. So the code was in a dumb in-limbo state. Fix this by simplifying the code a bit. The bugfix itself in 9b5b872215fe ("file: fix close_range() for unshare+cloexec") was either applied directly by you or I sent it as a separate PR. In any case, the idea was to only fix the bug itself and make backporting easy. And since the cleanup wasn't very pressing I left it in linux-next for a very long time. Note, I didn't pull the patches from the list again back then which is why they don't have lore-links. I'm listing them here explicitly though: 03ba0fe4d09f ("file: simplify logic in __close_range()") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210402123548.108372-3-brauner@xxxxxxxxxx f49fd6d3c070 ("file: let pick_file() tell caller it's done") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210402123548.108372-4-brauner@xxxxxxxxxx /* Testing */ All patches have been in linux-next since 5.12-rc4. No build failures or warnings were observed. All old and new tests are passing. (In case any question come up I'll be on vacation next week so responding might take a while.) /* Conflicts */ At the time of creating this PR no merge conflicts were reported from linux-next and no merge conflicts showed up doing a test-merge with current mainline. The following changes since commit 9b5b872215fe6d1ca6a1ef411f130bd58e269012: file: fix close_range() for unshare+cloexec (2021-04-02 14:11:10 +0200) are available in the Git repository at: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux tags/fs.close_range.v5.15 for you to fetch changes up to 03ba0fe4d09f2eb0a91888caaa057ed67462ae2d: file: simplify logic in __close_range() (2021-04-02 14:11:10 +0200) Please consider pulling these changes from the signed fs.close_range.v5.15 tag. Thanks! Christian ---------------------------------------------------------------- fs.close_range.v5.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Christian Brauner (2): file: let pick_file() tell caller it's done file: simplify logic in __close_range() fs/file.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)