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authorChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-02-16 16:32:04 +0300
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-03-02 13:06:42 +0300
commit8adddcb01e8f1009c0e4d4438d950d1bb794df46 (patch)
tree69dd3f64b2e937d8bd2506069cbedd6dee3c9aca
parent3ec90ae54dadbff30fd041796d04eac7f0474887 (diff)
downloadlinux-8adddcb01e8f1009c0e4d4438d950d1bb794df46.tar.xz
xattr: switch xattr_permission() to switch statement
Simplify the codeflow by using a switch statement that switches on S_IFMT. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260216-work-xattr-socket-v1-8-c2efa4f74cb7@kernel.org Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--fs/xattr.c18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index c4db8663c32e..328ed7558dfc 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -152,12 +152,20 @@ xattr_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
* privileged users can write attributes.
*/
if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN)) {
- if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
- return xattr_permission_error(mask);
- if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && (inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX) &&
- (mask & MAY_WRITE) &&
- !inode_owner_or_capable(idmap, inode))
+ switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
+ case S_IFREG:
+ break;
+ case S_IFDIR:
+ if (!(inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX))
+ break;
+ if (!(mask & MAY_WRITE))
+ break;
+ if (inode_owner_or_capable(idmap, inode))
+ break;
return -EPERM;
+ default:
+ return xattr_permission_error(mask);
+ }
}
return inode_permission(idmap, inode, mask);