new helpers: fdget()/fdput()

Signed-off-bs: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index 6eee54aea279..c38bfbff4647 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -26,8 +26,34 @@ static inline void fput_light(struct file *file, int fput_needed)
                 fput(file);
 }
 
+struct fd {
+        struct file *file;
+        int need_put;
+};
+
+static inline void fdput(struct fd fd)
+{
+        if (fd.need_put)
+                fput(fd.file);
+}
+
 extern struct file *fget(unsigned int fd);
 extern struct file *fget_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed);
+
+static inline struct fd fdget(unsigned int fd)
+{
+        int b;
+        struct file *f = fget_light(fd, &b);
+        return (struct fd){f,b};
+}
+
+static inline struct fd fdget_raw(unsigned int fd)
+{
+        int b;
+        struct file *f = fget_raw_light(fd, &b);
+        return (struct fd){f,b};
+}
+
 extern struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd);
 extern struct file *fget_raw_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed);
 extern int f_dupfd(unsigned int from, struct file *file, unsigned flags);