Quoting Eric Paris (eparis@xxxxxxxxxx):
> init-file is no longer used by anything except alloc_file. Make it static and
> remove from headers.
Should these go through a deprecation period? (Same for the next patch)
> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> fs/file_table.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
> include/linux/file.h | 3 --
> 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
> index 4bef4c0..0f9d2f2 100644
> --- a/fs/file_table.c
> +++ b/fs/file_table.c
> @@ -150,53 +150,16 @@ fail:
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_empty_filp);
>
> /**
> - * alloc_file - allocate and initialize a 'struct file'
> - * @mnt: the vfsmount on which the file will reside
> - * @dentry: the dentry representing the new file
> - * @mode: the mode with which the new file will be opened
> - * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for the new file
> - *
> - * Use this instead of get_empty_filp() to get a new
> - * 'struct file'. Do so because of the same initialization
> - * pitfalls reasons listed for init_file(). This is a
> - * preferred interface to using init_file().
> - *
> - * If all the callers of init_file() are eliminated, its
> - * code should be moved into this function.
> - */
> -struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
> - fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
> -{
> - struct file *file;
> -
> - file = get_empty_filp();
> - if (!file)
> - return NULL;
> -
> - init_file(file, mnt, dentry, mode, fop);
> - return file;
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_file);
> -
> -/**
> * init_file - initialize a 'struct file'
> * @file: the already allocated 'struct file' to initialized
> * @mnt: the vfsmount on which the file resides
> * @dentry: the dentry representing this file
> * @mode: the mode the file is opened with
> * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for this file
> - *
> - * Use this instead of setting the members directly. Doing so
> - * avoids making mistakes like forgetting the mntget() or
> - * forgetting to take a write on the mnt.
> - *
> - * Note: This is a crappy interface. It is here to make
> - * merging with the existing users of get_empty_filp()
> - * who have complex failure logic easier. All users
> - * of this should be moving to alloc_file().
> */
> -int init_file(struct file *file, struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
> - fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
> +static int init_file(struct file *file, struct vfsmount *mnt,
> + struct dentry *dentry, fmode_t mode,
> + const struct file_operations *fop)
> {
> int error = 0;
> file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
> @@ -218,7 +181,35 @@ int init_file(struct file *file, struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
> }
> return error;
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_file);
> +
> +/**
> + * alloc_file - allocate and initialize a 'struct file'
> + * @mnt: the vfsmount on which the file will reside
> + * @dentry: the dentry representing the new file
> + * @mode: the mode with which the new file will be opened
> + * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for the new file
> + *
> + * Use this instead of get_empty_filp() to get a new
> + * 'struct file'. Do so because of the same initialization
> + * pitfalls reasons listed for init_file(). This is a
> + * preferred interface to using init_file().
> + *
> + * If all the callers of init_file() are eliminated, its
> + * code should be moved into this function.
> + */
> +struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
> + fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
> +{
> + struct file *file;
> +
> + file = get_empty_filp();
> + if (!file)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + init_file(file, mnt, dentry, mode, fop);
> + return file;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_file);
>
> void fput(struct file *file)
> {
> diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
> index 335a0a5..6a8d361 100644
> --- a/include/linux/file.h
> +++ b/include/linux/file.h
> @@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ extern void drop_file_write_access(struct file *file);
> struct file_operations;
> struct vfsmount;
> struct dentry;
> -extern int init_file(struct file *, struct vfsmount *mnt,
> - struct dentry *dentry, fmode_t mode,
> - const struct file_operations *fop);
> extern struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *dentry,
> fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop);
>
>
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