We can save some lines of code by using seq_release_private(). Patch is against 2.6.21-rc6-mm1. Signed-off-by: Martin Peschke <mp3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/md.c | 11 +---------- fs/proc/proc_misc.c | 9 +-------- kernel/kallsyms.c | 9 +-------- net/sunrpc/cache.c | 10 +--------- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) Index: linux/drivers/md/md.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/md/md.c +++ linux/drivers/md/md.c @@ -4943,15 +4943,6 @@ static int md_seq_open(struct inode *ino return error; } -static int md_seq_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) -{ - struct seq_file *m = file->private_data; - struct mdstat_info *mi = m->private; - m->private = NULL; - kfree(mi); - return seq_release(inode, file); -} - static unsigned int mdstat_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait) { struct seq_file *m = filp->private_data; @@ -4973,7 +4964,7 @@ static const struct file_operations md_s .open = md_seq_open, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, - .release = md_seq_release, + .release = seq_release_private, .poll = mdstat_poll, }; Index: linux/kernel/kallsyms.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/kernel/kallsyms.c +++ linux/kernel/kallsyms.c @@ -470,18 +470,11 @@ static int kallsyms_open(struct inode *i return ret; } -static int kallsyms_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) -{ - struct seq_file *m = (struct seq_file *)file->private_data; - kfree(m->private); - return seq_release(inode, file); -} - static const struct file_operations kallsyms_operations = { .open = kallsyms_open, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, - .release = kallsyms_release, + .release = seq_release_private, }; static int __init kallsyms_init(void) Index: linux/net/sunrpc/cache.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/net/sunrpc/cache.c +++ linux/net/sunrpc/cache.c @@ -1237,20 +1237,12 @@ static int content_open(struct inode *in return res; } -static int content_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) -{ - struct seq_file *m = (struct seq_file *)file->private_data; - struct handle *han = m->private; - kfree(han); - m->private = NULL; - return seq_release(inode, file); -} static const struct file_operations content_file_operations = { .open = content_open, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, - .release = content_release, + .release = seq_release_private, }; static ssize_t read_flush(struct file *file, char __user *buf, Index: linux/fs/proc/proc_misc.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/proc/proc_misc.c +++ linux/fs/proc/proc_misc.c @@ -430,18 +430,11 @@ static int slabstats_open(struct inode * return ret; } -static int slabstats_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) -{ - struct seq_file *m = file->private_data; - kfree(m->private); - return seq_release(inode, file); -} - static const struct file_operations proc_slabstats_operations = { .open = slabstats_open, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, - .release = slabstats_release, + .release = seq_release_private, }; #endif #endif - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html