Reduce boilerplate code by using __seq_open_private() instead of seq_open().

This function has been around, undocumented, for years. It can simplify
the set up code for seq file operations.

Signed-off-by: Rob Jones <rob.jo...@codethink.co.uk>
---

This patch was originally submitted on 12th September as part 2/2.

Part 1 was pipped at the post by someone else doing the same thing.

This part resubmitted as a stand-alone patch.

 fs/proc/task_mmu.c |   42 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 442177b..c8e9045 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -235,19 +235,14 @@ static int do_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct file 
*file,
                        const struct seq_operations *ops)
 {
        struct proc_maps_private *priv;
-       int ret = -ENOMEM;
-       priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (priv) {
-               priv->pid = proc_pid(inode);
-               ret = seq_open(file, ops);
-               if (!ret) {
-                       struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
-                       m->private = priv;
-               } else {
-                       kfree(priv);
-               }
-       }
-       return ret;
+
+       priv = __seq_open_private(file, ops, sizeof(*priv));
+       if (!priv)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       priv->pid = proc_pid(inode);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1495,19 +1490,14 @@ static int numa_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct 
file *file,
                          const struct seq_operations *ops)
 {
        struct numa_maps_private *priv;
-       int ret = -ENOMEM;
-       priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (priv) {
-               priv->proc_maps.pid = proc_pid(inode);
-               ret = seq_open(file, ops);
-               if (!ret) {
-                       struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
-                       m->private = priv;
-               } else {
-                       kfree(priv);
-               }
-       }
-       return ret;
+
+       priv = __seq_open_private(file, ops, sizeof(*priv));
+       if (!priv)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       priv->proc_maps.pid = proc_pid(inode);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int pid_numa_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-- 
1.7.10.4

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