Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758323AbYFBHGj (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:06:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753299AbYFBHG2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:06:28 -0400 Received: from fxip-0047f.externet.hu ([88.209.222.127]:35321 "EHLO pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753146AbYFBHG2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:06:28 -0400 To: hch@infradead.org CC: miklos@szeredi.hu, hch@infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-reply-to: <20080602060509.GA27519@infradead.org> (message from Christoph Hellwig on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 02:05:09 -0400) Subject: Re: [patch 8/8] vfs: create file_remove_suid() helper References: <20080529113245.450308367@szeredi.hu> <20080529113318.257547449@szeredi.hu> <20080531082934.GG24135@infradead.org> <20080602060509.GA27519@infradead.org> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:06:23 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 594 Lines: 16 > > Which means, that that pointer dereference will be done once instead > > of in each caller, no? It's a gain (albeit a small one) is in code > > cleanliness, and possibly in generated code size. > > Again, it doesn't make anyhing simpler. It might be a cleanup at best. OK, that depends what you call simpler :) Yes it is a cleanup. Miklos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/