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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/file_table.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/file_table.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c index 0f607ce89acc..cd76d4fdf4a4 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; |