linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel/sys.c: remove useless variable 'old

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Date:	Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:55:44 +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: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel/sys.c: remove useless variable 'old_fsuid'
 for setfsuid()

On 08/06/2013 04:16 PM, Chen Gang wrote:
> Remove useless variable 'old_fsuid' to make code clearer for readers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sys.c |   14 ++++++--------
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
> index 558ccdb..e3983b2 100644
> --- a/kernel/sys.c
> +++ b/kernel/sys.c
> @@ -728,11 +728,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(setfsuid, uid_t, uid)
>  {
>  	const struct cred *old;
>  	struct cred *new;
> -	uid_t old_fsuid;
>  	kuid_t kuid;
>  
>  	old = current_cred();
> -	old_fsuid = from_kuid_munged(old->user_ns, old->fsuid);
>  

Oh... should old_fsuid be get before commit_creds() or prepare_creds() ?

>  	kuid = make_kuid(old->user_ns, uid);
>  	if (!uid_valid(kuid))
> @@ -747,17 +745,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(setfsuid, uid_t, uid)
>  	    nsown_capable(CAP_SETUID)) {
>  		if (!uid_eq(kuid, old->fsuid)) {
>  			new->fsuid = kuid;
> -			if (security_task_fix_setuid(new, old, LSM_SETID_FS) == 0)
> -				goto change_okay;
> +			if (security_task_fix_setuid(new,
> +			    old, LSM_SETID_FS) == 0) {
> +				commit_creds(new);
> +				return from_kuid_munged(old->user_ns,
> +							old->fsuid);
> +			}

Oh... should old_fsuid be get before commit_creds() or prepare_creds() ?

>  		}
>  	}
>  
>  	abort_creds(new);
>  	return uid;
> -
> -change_okay:
> -	commit_creds(new);
> -	return old_fsuid;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 


-- 
Chen Gang
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