linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] prepare for write access checks: collapse if()

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Date:	Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:09:04 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] prepare for write access checks: collapse if()

On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 09:57:30AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> We're shortly going to be adding a bunch more permission
> checks in these functions.  That requires adding either a
> bunch of new if() conditions, or some gotos.  This patch
> collapses existing if()s and uses gotos instead to
> prepare for the upcoming changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>


Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

> +	res = vfs_permission(&nd, mode);
> +	/* SuS v2 requires we report a read only fs too */
> +	if(res || !(mode & S_IWOTH) ||

except that there's a space missing after the if here :)

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