Re: [RFC v6 10/40] richacl: Permission check algorithm

From: J. Bruce Fields
Date: Mon Aug 31 2015 - 11:23:13 EST


On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 12:06:22AM +0200, Andreas GrÃnbacher wrote:
> 2015-08-28 23:49 GMT+02:00 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 01:53:08PM +0200, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> >> + /*
> >> + * We don't care which class the process is in when the acl is
> >> + * not masked.
> >> + */
> >> + in_owner_or_group_class = 1;
> >
> > So why bother setting it at all, then? Oh, I see, it lets you break out
> > of the loop below earlier. OK.
>
> Comment changed to:
>
> /*
> * When the acl is not masked, there is no need to determine if
> * the process is in the group class and we can earlier break
> * out of the loop below.
> */

makes sense, just replace "earlier break out" by "break out earlier".

>
> > Patch makes sense to me, ACK.
>
> Thanks,
> Andreas
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