Re: [PATCH 3/3] p9auth: add p9auth driver
From: David Howells
Date: Wed Apr 21 2010 - 06:50:26 EST
Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> + if (ret == 0)
> + commit_creds(new);
> + else
> + abort_creds(new);
> +
> + return ret;
If you make this:
if (ret == 0)
return commit_creds(new);
abort_creds(new);
return ret;
then gcc can tail-call commit_creds(), which is guaranteed to return 0.
David
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