Re: [PATCH v6 04/10] ipc: add new SHM_SET command for sys_shmctl()call

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Mon Oct 15 2012 - 15:00:26 EST


On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 19:59 +0400, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote:
> New SHM_SET command will be interpreted exactly as IPC_SET, but also will
> update key, cuid and cgid values. IOW, it allows to change existent key value.
> The fact, that key is not used is checked before update. Otherwise -EEXIST is
> returned.
[...]
> --- a/ipc/shm.c
> +++ b/ipc/shm.c
[...]
> @@ -759,6 +763,10 @@ static int shmctl_down(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int shmid, int cmd,
> case IPC_RMID:
> do_shm_rmid(ns, ipcp);
> goto out_up;
> + case SHM_SET:
> + err = ipc_update_key(&shm_ids(ns), &shmid64.shm_perm, ipcp);
> + if (err)
> + break;
[...]

Please add /* fall through */ here, and in the similar cases in patches
5 and 7, to make clear that it's deliberate.

Ben.

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