[PATCH] pipe: remove redundant fifo_poll abstraction
Remove a redundant fifo_poll() abstraction from fs/pipe.c and adds a big
fat comment stating we set POLLERR for FIFOs too on Linux unlike most
Unices.
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 25aa09f..2c7a23d 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -415,6 +415,10 @@
if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
mask |= (nrbufs < PIPE_BUFFERS) ? POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM : 0;
+ /*
+ * Most Unices do not set POLLERR for FIFOs but on Linux they
+ * behave exactly like pipes for poll().
+ */
if (!PIPE_READERS(*inode))
mask |= POLLERR;
}
@@ -422,9 +426,6 @@
return mask;
}
-/* FIXME: most Unices do not set POLLERR for fifos */
-#define fifo_poll pipe_poll
-
static int
pipe_release(struct inode *inode, int decr, int decw)
{
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@
.read = pipe_read,
.readv = pipe_readv,
.write = bad_pipe_w,
- .poll = fifo_poll,
+ .poll = pipe_poll,
.ioctl = pipe_ioctl,
.open = pipe_read_open,
.release = pipe_read_release,
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@
.read = bad_pipe_r,
.write = pipe_write,
.writev = pipe_writev,
- .poll = fifo_poll,
+ .poll = pipe_poll,
.ioctl = pipe_ioctl,
.open = pipe_write_open,
.release = pipe_write_release,
@@ -593,7 +594,7 @@
.readv = pipe_readv,
.write = pipe_write,
.writev = pipe_writev,
- .poll = fifo_poll,
+ .poll = pipe_poll,
.ioctl = pipe_ioctl,
.open = pipe_rdwr_open,
.release = pipe_rdwr_release,
