linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] afs: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sun, 12 May 2019 07:56:58 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> @@ -71,11 +71,9 @@ static int afs_xattr_get_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
>  	if (ret == 0) {
>  		ret = acl->size;
>  		if (size > 0) {
> -			ret = -ERANGE;
>  			if (acl->size > size)
>  				return -ERANGE;
>  			memcpy(buffer, acl->data, acl->size);
> -			ret = acl->size;
>  		}
>  		kfree(acl);
>  	}

This is also the wrong solution.  See my reply to Colin.

David