mutex_init(&p->lock);
p->op = op;
-#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
- p->user_ns = file->f_cred->user_ns;
-#endif
+
+ // No refcounting: the lifetime of 'p' is constrained
+ // to the lifetime of the file.
+ p->file = file;
/*
* Wrappers around seq_open(e.g. swaps_open) need to be