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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel/groups.c: remove return value of set_groups
On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 23:31:07 +0800 Wang YanQing <udknight@gmail.com> wrote:

> After commit 6307f8fee295b364716d28686df6e69c2fee751a
> ("security: remove dead hook task_setgroups"), set_groups
> will always return zero, so we could just remove return
> value of set_groups.
>
> This patch reduce code size, and simplfy code logician
> to use set_groups, because we don't need to check its
> return value anymore.
>

Looks OK. We should also update the set_groups() description to
reflect reality.

--- a/kernel/groups.c~kernel-groupsc-remove-return-value-of-set_groups-fix
+++ a/kernel/groups.c
@@ -157,9 +157,6 @@ int groups_search(const struct group_inf
* set_groups - Change a group subscription in a set of credentials
* @new: The newly prepared set of credentials to alter
* @group_info: The group list to install
- *
- * Validate a group subscription and, if valid, insert it into a set
- * of credentials.
*/
void set_groups(struct cred *new, struct group_info *group_info)
{
_


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