linux-kernel - [PATCH] lsm: simplify security_inode_copy_up

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Message-Id: <20250729090933.94942-1-tianjia.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:09:33 +0800
From: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [PATCH] lsm: simplify security_inode_copy_up_xattr()

The implementation of function security_inode_copy_up_xattr can be
simplified to directly call call_int_hook().

Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 security/security.c | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 596d41818577..a5c2e5a8009f 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2774,13 +2774,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_inode_copy_up);
  */
 int security_inode_copy_up_xattr(struct dentry *src, const char *name)
 {
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = call_int_hook(inode_copy_up_xattr, src, name);
-	if (rc != LSM_RET_DEFAULT(inode_copy_up_xattr))
-		return rc;
-
-	return LSM_RET_DEFAULT(inode_copy_up_xattr);
+	return call_int_hook(inode_copy_up_xattr, src, name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_inode_copy_up_xattr);
 
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