linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/14] CacheFiles: Permit an inode's security ID to be obtained [try #2]

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Message-ID: <21381.1186683681@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:21:21 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...l.org,
	steved@...hat.com, trond.myklebust@....uio.no,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cachefs@...hat.com,
	nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/14] CacheFiles: Permit an inode's security ID to be obtained [try #2]

James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:

> > +	u32 (*inode_get_secid)(struct inode *inode);
> 
> To maintain API consistency, please return an int which only acts as an 
> error code, and returning the secid via a *u32 function parameter.

Does that apply to *all* the functions, irrespective of whether or not they
return an error?

David
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