linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 03/49] audit: no need to walk list in audit

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Message-ID: <20121002155643.GC22698@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:56:43 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, eparis@...hat.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-audit@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 03/49] audit: no need to walk list in audit_inode if
 name is NULL

On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 08:16:12PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> If name is NULL then the condition in the loop will never be true. Also,
> with this change, we can eliminate the check for n->name == NULL since
> the equivalence check will never be true if it is.

Given that name == NULL is a static condition it seems like these
should be two different calls, E.g. audit_dentry and audit_path.

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