Re: [RFC][PATCH] saner FASYNC handling on file close

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Al Viro wrote:
>
> 	As it is, all instances of ->release() for files that have
> ->fasync() need to remember to evict file from fasync lists; forgetting
> that creates a hole and we actually have a bunch that *does* forget.
> 
> 	So let's keep our lives simple - let __fput() check FASYNC in
> file->f_flags and call ->fasync() there if it's been set.  And lose
> that crap in ->release() instances - leaving it there is still valid,
> but we don't have to bother anymore.
> 
> Comments?

This looks like "obviously the right thing". Done.

		Linus
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