+ return fa;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add a fasync entry. Return negative on error, positive if
+ * added, and zero if did nothing but change an existing one.
+ */
+static int fasync_add_entry(int fd, struct file *filp, struct fasync_struct **fapp)
+{
+ struct fasync_struct *new;
+
+ new = fasync_alloc();
+ if (!new)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ /*
+ * fasync_insert_entry() returns the old (update) entry if
+ * it existed.
+ *
+ * So free the (unused) new entry and return 0 to let the
+ * caller know that we didn't add any new fasync entries.
+ */
+ if (fasync_insert_entry(fd, filp, fapp, new)) {
+ fasync_free(new);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return 1;