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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-02-14 20:41:04 -0500
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-02-22 23:31:32 -0500
commit1afc99beaf0fca3767d9b67789a7ae91c4f7a9c9 (patch)
tree9aba84bc2d8e4873859bd81ddf1002fe0e3f9376
parent496ad9aa8ef448058e36ca7a787c61f2e63f0f54 (diff)
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propagate error from get_empty_filp() to its callers
Based on parts from Anatol's patch (the rest is the next commit). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
-rw-r--r--fs/file_table.c27
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/open.c27
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 0f607ce..cd76d4f 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write,
#endif
/* Find an unused file structure and return a pointer to it.
- * Returns NULL, if there are no more free file structures or
- * we run out of memory.
+ * Returns an error pointer if some error happend e.g. we over file
+ * structures limit, run out of memory or operation is not permitted.
*
* Be very careful using this. You are responsible for
* getting write access to any mount that you might assign
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ struct file *get_empty_filp(void)
{
const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
static long old_max;
- struct file * f;
+ struct file *f;
+ int error;
/*
* Privileged users can go above max_files
@@ -122,13 +123,16 @@ struct file *get_empty_filp(void)
}
f = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (f == NULL)
- goto fail;
+ if (unlikely(!f))
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
percpu_counter_inc(&nr_files);
f->f_cred = get_cred(cred);
- if (security_file_alloc(f))
- goto fail_sec;
+ error = security_file_alloc(f);
+ if (unlikely(error)) {
+ file_free(f);
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+ }
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&f->f_u.fu_list);
atomic_long_set(&f->f_count, 1);
@@ -144,12 +148,7 @@ over:
pr_info("VFS: file-max limit %lu reached\n", get_max_files());
old_max = get_nr_files();
}
- goto fail;
-
-fail_sec:
- file_free(f);
-fail:
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
}
/**
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ struct file *alloc_file(struct path *path, fmode_t mode,
struct file *file;
file = get_empty_filp();
- if (!file)
+ if (IS_ERR(file))
return NULL;
file->f_path = *path;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index df00b75..e0a33f5 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2941,8 +2941,8 @@ static struct file *path_openat(int dfd, struct filename *pathname,
int error;
file = get_empty_filp();
- if (!file)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
+ if (IS_ERR(file))
+ return file;
file->f_flags = op->open_flag;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index e08643f..97a237f 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -810,23 +810,22 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
/* We must always pass in a valid mount pointer. */
BUG_ON(!path->mnt);
- error = -ENFILE;
f = get_empty_filp();
- if (f == NULL)
- return ERR_PTR(error);
-
- f->f_flags = flags;
- f->f_path = *path;
- error = do_dentry_open(f, NULL, cred);
- if (!error) {
- error = open_check_o_direct(f);
- if (error) {
- fput(f);
+ if (!IS_ERR(f)) {
+ f->f_flags = flags;
+ f->f_path = *path;
+ error = do_dentry_open(f, NULL, cred);
+ if (!error) {
+ /* from now on we need fput() to dispose of f */
+ error = open_check_o_direct(f);
+ if (error) {
+ fput(f);
+ f = ERR_PTR(error);
+ }
+ } else {
+ put_filp(f);
f = ERR_PTR(error);
}
- } else {
- put_filp(f);
- f = ERR_PTR(error);
}
return f;
}