There is no functional change but it seems better to get size by calling posix_acl_xattr_size() instead of calling posix_acl_to_xattr() with NULL buffer argument. Additionally, remove unnecessary assignments. Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@xxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c index f480b1a2cd2e..51c0ae62da0d 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c @@ -412,13 +412,12 @@ static int ovl_set_upper_acl(struct dentry *upperdentry, const char *name, if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL) || !acl) return 0; - size = posix_acl_to_xattr(NULL, acl, NULL, 0); + size = posix_acl_xattr_size(acl->a_count); buffer = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buffer) return -ENOMEM; - size = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, buffer, size); - err = size; + err = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, buffer, size); if (err < 0) goto out_free; -- 2.17.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-unionfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html