* anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
* of the file
*
- * @pfd: [out] pointer to the file descriptor
- * @dpinode: [out] pointer to the inode
- * @pfile: [out] pointer to the file struct
* @name: [in] name of the "class" of the new file
- * @fops [in] file operations for the new file
- * @priv [in] private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
+ * @fops: [in] file operations for the new file
+ * @priv: [in] private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
+ * @flags: [in] flags
*
* Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
* that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
* All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
* hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
- * setup.
+ * setup. Returns new descriptor or -error.
*/
-int anon_inode_getfd(int *pfd, struct inode **pinode, struct file **pfile,
- const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
- void *priv)
+int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
+ void *priv, int flags)
{
struct qstr this;
struct dentry *dentry;
if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
return -ENODEV;
- error = get_unused_fd();
+ error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
if (error < 0)
return error;
fd = error;
file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
file->f_pos = 0;
- file->f_flags = O_RDWR;
+ file->f_flags = O_RDWR | (flags & O_NONBLOCK);
file->f_version = 0;
file->private_data = priv;
fd_install(fd, file);
- *pfd = fd;
- *pinode = anon_inode_inode;
- *pfile = file;
- return 0;
+ return fd;
err_dput:
dput(dentry);