Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH/RFC 1/2] anon-inodes: Remove fd_install() from anon_inode_getfd() | From | Roland Dreier <> | Date | Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:46:39 -0800 |
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> No, the best interface is one where the driver doesn't even see > inode or file. Of course that's not actually possible in a few > nasty cases like the infiniband code, and for those it might be > better to do the fd_isntall themselves.
Yeah, I've been thinking about this some more, and I think the IB case can be cleaned up to use the current anonfd interface (and in fact ignore the file pointer and inode it gets back).
I'll try to write a patch this week.
- R.
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