The patch titled
Subject: kernel/fork.c: unshare(): use swap() to make code cleaner
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
unshare-use-swap-to-make-code-cleaner.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/unshare-use-swap-to-make-code-cleaner.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/unshare-use-swap-to-make-code-cleaner.patch
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From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/fork.c: unshare(): use swap() to make code cleaner
Use swap() instead of reimplementing it.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210909022046.8151-1-ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/fork.c | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/fork.c~unshare-use-swap-to-make-code-cleaner
+++ a/kernel/fork.c
@@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ int unshare_fd(unsigned long unshare_fla
int ksys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_flags)
{
struct fs_struct *fs, *new_fs = NULL;
- struct files_struct *fd, *new_fd = NULL;
+ struct files_struct *new_fd = NULL;
struct cred *new_cred = NULL;
struct nsproxy *new_nsproxy = NULL;
int do_sysvsem = 0;
@@ -3165,11 +3165,8 @@ int ksys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_f
spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
}
- if (new_fd) {
- fd = current->files;
- current->files = new_fd;
- new_fd = fd;
- }
+ if (new_fd)
+ swap(current->files, new_fd);
task_unlock(current);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx are
unshare-use-swap-to-make-code-cleaner.patch
