linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: Define new syscall getumask.

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Date:	Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:21:35 +0200
From:	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>
To:	"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: Define new syscall getumask.

* Richard W. M. Jones:

> +SYSCALL_DEFINE0(getumask)
> +{
> +	return current->fs->umask;
> +}

The convention seems to be to call current_umask(), instead of
inlining its contents.