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-rw-r--r--fs/seq_file.c7
-rw-r--r--include/linux/seq_file.h13
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index e85664b7c7d9..19f532e7d35e 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ int seq_open(struct file *file, const struct seq_operations *op)
mutex_init(&p->lock);
p->op = op;
-#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
- p->user_ns = file->f_cred->user_ns;
-#endif
+
+ // No refcounting: the lifetime of 'p' is constrained
+ // to the lifetime of the file.
+ p->file = file;
/*
* Wrappers around seq_open(e.g. swaps_open) need to be
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index dde00defbaa5..f3d45dd42695 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
#include <linux/nodemask.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/cred.h>
struct seq_operations;
-struct file;
-struct path;
-struct inode;
-struct dentry;
-struct user_namespace;
struct seq_file {
char *buf;
@@ -27,9 +24,7 @@ struct seq_file {
struct mutex lock;
const struct seq_operations *op;
int poll_event;
-#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
- struct user_namespace *user_ns;
-#endif
+ const struct file *file;
void *private;
};
@@ -147,7 +142,7 @@ int seq_release_private(struct inode *, struct file *);
static inline struct user_namespace *seq_user_ns(struct seq_file *seq)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
- return seq->user_ns;
+ return seq->file->f_cred->user_ns;
#else
extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
return &init_user_ns;