[PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd()

	New primitive: alloc_fd(start, flags).  get_unused_fd() and
get_unused_fd_flags() become wrappers on top of it.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index d8773b1..f313314 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  *  Manage the dynamic fd arrays in the process files_struct.
  */
 
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
@@ -432,3 +433,63 @@
 	},
 	.file_lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_task.file_lock),
 };
+
+/*
+ * allocate a file descriptor, mark it busy.
+ */
+int alloc_fd(unsigned start, unsigned flags)
+{
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
+	unsigned int fd;
+	int error;
+	struct fdtable *fdt;
+
+	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
+repeat:
+	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
+	fd = start;
+	if (fd < files->next_fd)
+		fd = files->next_fd;
+
+	if (fd < fdt->max_fds)
+		fd = find_next_zero_bit(fdt->open_fds->fds_bits,
+					   fdt->max_fds, fd);
+
+	error = expand_files(files, fd);
+	if (error < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we needed to expand the fs array we
+	 * might have blocked - try again.
+	 */
+	if (error)
+		goto repeat;
+
+	if (start <= files->next_fd)
+		files->next_fd = fd + 1;
+
+	FD_SET(fd, fdt->open_fds);
+	if (flags & O_CLOEXEC)
+		FD_SET(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	else
+		FD_CLR(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	error = fd;
+#if 1
+	/* Sanity check */
+	if (rcu_dereference(fdt->fd[fd]) != NULL) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "alloc_fd: slot %d not NULL!\n", fd);
+		rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
+	}
+#endif
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+	return error;
+}
+
+int get_unused_fd(void)
+{
+	return alloc_fd(0, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_unused_fd);