linux-kernel - [RFC 2/28] Remove redundant check from proc

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Date:	Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:22:34 -0800
From:	Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, agruen@...e.de
Subject: [RFC 2/28] Remove redundant check from proc_setattr().

Remove redundant check from proc_setattr()

notify_change() already calls security_inode_setattr() before
calling iop->setattr.

Signed-off-by: Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>

Index: linux-2.6/fs/proc/base.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/proc/base.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -344,11 +344,8 @@ static int proc_setattr(struct dentry *d
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-	if (!error) {
-		error = security_inode_setattr(dentry, attr);
-		if (!error)
-			error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	}
+	if (!error)
+		error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
 	return error;
 }
 
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