return error;
 }
 
-static int kill_as_cred_perm(const struct cred *cred,
-                            struct task_struct *target)
+static inline bool kill_as_cred_perm(const struct cred *cred,
+                                    struct task_struct *target)
 {
        const struct cred *pcred = __task_cred(target);
-       if (!uid_eq(cred->euid, pcred->suid) && !uid_eq(cred->euid, pcred->uid) &&
-           !uid_eq(cred->uid,  pcred->suid) && !uid_eq(cred->uid,  pcred->uid))
-               return 0;
-       return 1;
+
+       return uid_eq(cred->euid, pcred->suid) ||
+              uid_eq(cred->euid, pcred->uid) ||
+              uid_eq(cred->uid, pcred->suid) ||
+              uid_eq(cred->uid, pcred->uid);
 }
 
 /* like kill_pid_info(), but doesn't use uid/euid of "current" */