From: Eric Dumazet struct file cleanup: f_maxcount has an unique value (INT_MAX). Just use the hard-wired value. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/file_table.c | 1 - fs/read_write.c | 2 +- include/linux/fs.h | 1 - 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/file_table.c~remove-filef_maxcount fs/file_table.c --- devel/fs/file_table.c~remove-filef_maxcount 2005-08-21 23:48:37.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/fs/file_table.c 2005-08-21 23:48:37.000000000 -0700 @@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ struct file *get_empty_filp(void) rwlock_init(&f->f_owner.lock); /* f->f_version: 0 */ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&f->f_list); - f->f_maxcount = INT_MAX; return f; over: diff -puN fs/read_write.c~remove-filef_maxcount fs/read_write.c --- devel/fs/read_write.c~remove-filef_maxcount 2005-08-21 23:48:37.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/fs/read_write.c 2005-08-21 23:48:37.000000000 -0700 @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struc struct inode *inode; loff_t pos; - if (unlikely(count > file->f_maxcount)) + if (unlikely(count > INT_MAX)) goto Einval; pos = *ppos; if (unlikely((pos < 0) || (loff_t) (pos + count) < 0)) diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~remove-filef_maxcount include/linux/fs.h --- devel/include/linux/fs.h~remove-filef_maxcount 2005-08-21 23:48:37.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/include/linux/fs.h 2005-08-21 23:48:37.000000000 -0700 @@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ struct file { unsigned int f_uid, f_gid; struct file_ra_state f_ra; - size_t f_maxcount; unsigned long f_version; void *f_security; _