> +void fput_badopen(struct file *file) > +{ > + if (unlikely(file->f_mode & (FMODE_BACKING | FMODE_OPENED))) { > + fput(file); > + return; > + } > + > + if (WARN_ON(atomic_long_read(&file->f_count) != 1)) { > + fput(file); > + return; > + } > + > + /* zero out the ref count to appease possible asserts */ > + atomic_long_set(&file->f_count, 0); Afaict this could just be: if (WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_long_cmpxchg(&file->f_count, 1, 0) != 1)) { > + file_free_badopen(file); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(fput_badopen); Should definitely not be exported and only be available to core vfs code. So this should go into fs/internal.h.