linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/4] reiserfs: fixup perms when xattrs are disabled

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Date:	Sun, 10 May 2009 22:35:18 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>, reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] reiserfs: fixup perms when xattrs are disabled

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 04:05:38PM -0400, Jeff Mahoney wrote:

> +#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
> +	/*
> +	 * Stat data v1 doesn't support ACLs.
> +	 */
> +	if (get_inode_sd_version(inode) != STAT_DATA_V1)
> +		return generic_permission(inode, mask, reiserfs_check_acl);
> +	else
> +#endif
> +		return generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);

Matter of style: this kind of mixing the nesting structures is Not Nice(tm),
so I'd rather turn that into

+#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
+	/*
+	 * Stat data v1 doesn't support ACLs.
+	 */
+	if (get_inode_sd_version(inode) != STAT_DATA_V1)
+		return generic_permission(inode, mask, reiserfs_check_acl);
+#endif
+
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
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