linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/25] give may_open() a local 'mnt' variable

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Message-ID: <20070920195711.GA28765@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:57:11 +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 03/25] give may_open() a local 'mnt' variable

On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 12:52:52PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> First of all, this makes the structure jumping look a little
> bit cleaner.  So, this stands alone as a tiny cleanup.  But,
> we also need 'mnt' by itself a few more times later in this
> series, so this isn't _just_ a cleanup.

You're touching permission, not may_open, though.

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