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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-04-14 15:11:02 +0400
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-04-14 15:11:02 +0400
commitac7c5353b189e10cf5dd27399f64f7b013abffc6 (patch)
tree8222d92b774c256d6ec4399c716d76b3f05ddc4b /fs/file_table.c
parenta8f75ea70c58546205fb7673be41455b9da5d9a7 (diff)
parent120dd64cacd4fb796bca0acba3665553f1d9ecaa (diff)
downloadlinux-ac7c5353b189e10cf5dd27399f64f7b013abffc6.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linux-2.6'
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diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 6d27befe2d48..986ff4ed0a7c 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
/* 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.
+ *
+ * Be very careful using this. You are responsible for
+ * getting write access to any mount that you might assign
+ * to this filp, if it is opened for write. If this is not
+ * done, you will imbalance int the mount's writer count
+ * and a warning at __fput() time.
*/
struct file *get_empty_filp(void)
{