linux-kernel - Re: [patch 8/8] vfs: create file_remove

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Message-Id: <E1K347b-0002eY-Ve@pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu>
Date:	Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:06:23 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	hch@...radead.org
CC:	miklos@...redi.hu, hch@...radead.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 8/8] vfs: create file_remove_suid() helper

> > Which means, that that pointer dereference will be done once instead
> > of in each caller, no?  It's a gain (albeit a small one) is in code
> > cleanliness, and possibly in generated code size.
> 
> Again, it doesn't make anyhing simpler.  It might be a cleanup at best.

OK, that depends what you call simpler :)

Yes it is a cleanup.

Miklos
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