Using __seq_open_private() removes boilerplate code from sysvipc_proc_open().
The resultant code is shorter and easier to follow. However, please note that __seq_open_private() call kzalloc() rather than kmalloc() which may affect timing due to the memory initialisation overhead. Signed-off-by: Rob Jones <rob.jo...@codethink.co.uk> --- ipc/util.c | 20 ++++---------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c index 2eb0d1e..98cb51d 100644 --- a/ipc/util.c +++ b/ipc/util.c @@ -892,28 +892,16 @@ static const struct seq_operations sysvipc_proc_seqops = { static int sysvipc_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { - int ret; - struct seq_file *seq; struct ipc_proc_iter *iter; - ret = -ENOMEM; - iter = kmalloc(sizeof(*iter), GFP_KERNEL); + iter = __seq_open_private(file, &sysvipc_proc_seqops, sizeof(*iter)); if (!iter) - goto out; - - ret = seq_open(file, &sysvipc_proc_seqops); - if (ret) { - kfree(iter); - goto out; - } - - seq = file->private_data; - seq->private = iter; + return -ENOMEM; iter->iface = PDE_DATA(inode); iter->ns = get_ipc_ns(current->nsproxy->ipc_ns); -out: - return ret; + + return 0; } static int sysvipc_proc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/