linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] keys: Make the KEY_NEED_* perms an enum rather than a mask

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Message-ID: <3611715.1589411772@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 14 May 2020 00:16:12 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com,
        Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] keys: Make the KEY_NEED_* perms an enum rather than a mask

Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:

> > +       case KEY_NEED_VIEW:     perm = KEY__VIEW;       break;
> > +       case KEY_NEED_READ:     perm = KEY__READ;       break;
> > +       case KEY_NEED_WRITE:    perm = KEY__WRITE;      break;
> > +       case KEY_NEED_SEARCH:   perm = KEY__SEARCH;     break;
> > +       case KEY_NEED_LINK:     perm = KEY__LINK;       break;
> > +       case KEY_NEED_SETATTR:  perm = KEY__SETATTR;    break;
> 
> Please don't put the case statements all on one line, use the more
> traditional multi-line format.  For example:
> 
>   case KEY_NEED_SETATTR:
>           perm = KEY__SETATTR;
>           break;

Tabulation was invented something like 6000 years ago for just this kind of
purpose;-)  It's less readable your way, but whatever...

David