What is the "current" in Linux kernel source?

I'm studying about Linux kernel and I have a problem.

I see many Linux kernel source files have current->files. So what is the current?

struct file *fget(unsigned int fd)
{
     struct file *file;
     struct files_struct *files = current->files;

     rcu_read_lock();
     file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
     if (file) {
             /* File object ref couldn't be taken */
             if (file->f_mode & FMODE_PATH ||
                 !atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
                     file = NULL;
     }
     rcu_read_unlock();

     return file;
 }