linux-kernel - kernel/sys.c: for setfsuid(), return the current uid when error occurs

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Date:	Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:13:11 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, holt@....com
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: kernel/sys.c: for setfsuid(), return the current uid when error occurs

They are 2 related patches for setfsuid().

Patch 1 for bug fix: return the current uid when error occurs.
Patch 2 for cleaning code: remove useless variable 'old_fsuid'.

Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
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 kernel/sys.c |   14 ++++++--------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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