[FS] seq_file: Introduce the seq_open_private()
This function allocates the zeroed chunk of memory and
call seq_open(). The __seq_open_private() helper returns
the allocated memory to make it possible for the caller
to initialize it.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index bbb19be..ca71c11 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -429,6 +429,39 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_release_private);
+void *__seq_open_private(struct file *f, const struct seq_operations *ops,
+ int psize)
+{
+ int rc;
+ void *private;
+ struct seq_file *seq;
+
+ private = kzalloc(psize, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (private == NULL)
+ goto out;
+
+ rc = seq_open(f, ops);
+ if (rc < 0)
+ goto out_free;
+
+ seq = f->private_data;
+ seq->private = private;
+ return private;
+
+out_free:
+ kfree(private);
+out:
+ return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__seq_open_private);
+
+int seq_open_private(struct file *filp, const struct seq_operations *ops,
+ int psize)
+{
+ return __seq_open_private(filp, ops, psize) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_open_private);
+
int seq_putc(struct seq_file *m, char c)
{
if (m->count < m->size) {