linux-kernel - [PATCH] Code style fix for open

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Date:	Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:40:25 -0400
From:	Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@...u.edu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Code style fix for open_exec

 From d2a6c5d29dc34cfea892124ab72b4eb55d2f8a80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@...u.edu>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:01:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Code style fix for open_exec

Fix a horribly mangled 5 level indent and severe abuse of goto in the 
open_exec
function.

Signed-off-by: Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@...u.edu>

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index c21a8cc..d73da5a 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -676,32 +676,32 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
     struct file *file;
 
     err = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, 
FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
+
+    if (err) return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+    file = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+    if ((nd.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC) ||
+            !S_ISREG(nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+        goto fail;
+
+    err = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC);
     file = ERR_PTR(err);
+    if (err) goto fail;
 
-    if (!err) {
-        struct inode *inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
-        file = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-        if (!(nd.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC) &&
-            S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-            int err = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC);
-            file = ERR_PTR(err);
-            if (!err) {
-                file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY);
-                if (!IS_ERR(file)) {
-                    err = deny_write_access(file);
-                    if (err) {
-                        fput(file);
-                        file = ERR_PTR(err);
-                    }
-                }
-out:
-                return file;
-            }
-        }
-        release_open_intent(&nd);
-        path_release(&nd);
+    file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY);
+    if (IS_ERR(file)) return file;
+
+    err = deny_write_access(file);
+    if (err) {
+        fput(file);
+        file = ERR_PTR(err);
     }
-    goto out;
+
+    return file;
+fail:
+    release_open_intent(&nd);
+    path_release(&nd);
+    return file;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_exec);
-
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