linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] shift current_cred() from __f_setown() to f

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:21:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Eugene Teo <eugene@...hat.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>, solar@...nwall.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] shift current_cred() from __f_setown() to f_modown()



On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> Shift current_cred() from __f_setown() to f_modown(). This reduces
> the number of arguments and saves 48 bytes from fs/fcntl.o.

Ok, I know I asked for this, but now I suddenly start worrying about 
whether f_owner.uid/euid are initialized at all for the pid==NULL case?

They used to be initialized to zero, now they are left alone. Are they 
initialized somewhere else earlier?

		Linus
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