linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] kernel/sys.c: remove useless variable 'old

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Date:	Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:02:56 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, holt@....com
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] kernel/sys.c: remove useless variable 'old_fsgid' for
 setfsgid()

Remove useless variable 'old_fsgid' to make code clearer for readers.

Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
---
 kernel/sys.c |    9 ++-------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 9356dc8..fc169d8 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -767,11 +767,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(setfsgid, gid_t, gid)
 {
 	const struct cred *old;
 	struct cred *new;
-	gid_t old_fsgid;
 	kgid_t kgid;
 
 	old = current_cred();
-	old_fsgid = from_kgid_munged(old->user_ns, old->fsgid);
 
 	kgid = make_kgid(old->user_ns, gid);
 	if (!gid_valid(kgid))
@@ -786,16 +784,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(setfsgid, gid_t, gid)
 	    nsown_capable(CAP_SETGID)) {
 		if (!gid_eq(kgid, old->fsgid)) {
 			new->fsgid = kgid;
-			goto change_okay;
+			commit_creds(new);
+			return from_kgid_munged(old->user_ns, old->fsgid);
 		}
 	}
 
 	abort_creds(new);
 	return gid;
-
-change_okay:
-	commit_creds(new);
-	return old_fsgid;
 }
 
 /**
-- 
1.7.7.6
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