On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 05:21:40PM +0530, pavi1729 wrote: > Hi, > I am unable to understand how > > new_fdt->open_fds can be freed in __free_fdtable when its an > unsigned long in files_struct ? The 'struct fdtable' is either embedded in the files_struct (if there are few file descriptors) or allocated separately (if there are many file descriptors). __free_fdtable() is only ever called if the 'struct fdtable' is *not* embedded. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html