linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] fs/namespace.c: path_is

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:40:10 +0800
From:	Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@...s.chinamobile.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] fs/namespace.c: path_is_under can be boolean

This patch makes path_is_under return bool to improve
readability due to this particular function only using either
one or zero as its return value.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@...s.chinamobile.com>
---
 fs/namespace.c     | 4 ++--
 include/linux/fs.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 0570729..b27156f 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2939,9 +2939,9 @@ bool is_path_reachable(struct mount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return &mnt->mnt == root->mnt && is_subdir(dentry, root->dentry);
 }
 
-int path_is_under(struct path *path1, struct path *path2)
+bool path_is_under(struct path *path1, struct path *path2)
 {
-	int res;
+	bool res;
 	read_seqlock_excl(&mount_lock);
 	res = is_path_reachable(real_mount(path1->mnt), path1->dentry, path2);
 	read_sequnlock_excl(&mount_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 11505af..aab8094 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2533,7 +2533,7 @@ extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
  
 /* fs/dcache.c -- generic fs support functions */
 extern int is_subdir(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
-extern int path_is_under(struct path *, struct path *);
+extern bool path_is_under(struct path *, struct path *);
 
 extern char *file_path(struct file *, char *, int);
 
-- 
1.9.1



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