The patch titled
Subject: fs: document seq_open()'s usage of file->private_data
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
fs-documents-seq_opens-usage-of-file-private_data.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fs: document seq_open()'s usage of file->private_data
seq_open() stores its struct seq_file in file->private_data, thus it must
not be modified by user of seq_file.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1433193673.git.ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/seq_file.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff -puN fs/seq_file.c~fs-documents-seq_opens-usage-of-file-private_data fs/seq_file.c
--- a/fs/seq_file.c~fs-documents-seq_opens-usage-of-file-private_data
+++ a/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static void *seq_buf_alloc(unsigned long
* ERR_PTR(error). In the end of sequence they return %NULL. ->show()
* returns 0 in case of success and negative number in case of error.
* Returning SEQ_SKIP means "discard this element and move on".
+ * Note: seq_open() will allocate a struct seq_file and store its
+ * pointer in @file->private_data. This pointer should not be modified.
*/
int seq_open(struct file *file, const struct seq_operations *op)
{
_
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