From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
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Cc: aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org,
linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
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Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Subject: [PATCH -V5 03/24] vfs: Add a comment to inode_permission()
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:21:50 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1298469131-16555-4-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1298469131-16555-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
---
fs/namei.c | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f09ab1f..0bfc546 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(putname);
#endif
/*
- * This does basic POSIX ACL permission checking
+ * This does the basic permission checking
*/
static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags))
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
int ret;
/*
- * Do the basic POSIX ACL permission checks.
+ * Do the basic permission checks.
*/
ret = acl_permission_check(inode, mask, flags, check_acl);
if (ret != -EACCES)
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
* We use "fsuid" for this, letting us set arbitrary permissions
* for filesystem access without changing the "normal" uids which
* are used for other things.
+ *
+ * When checking for MAY_APPEND, MAY_WRITE must also be set in @mask.
*/
int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
{
--
1.7.1
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-23 13:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-23 13:51 [PATCH -V5 00/24] New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl interoperability Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 01/24] vfs: Indicate that the permission functions take all the MAY_* flags Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 04/24] vfs: Add generic IS_ACL() test for acl support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 05/24] vfs: Add IS_RICHACL() test for richacl support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 06/24] vfs: Optimize out IS_RICHACL() if CONFIG_FS_RICHACL is not defined Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 07/24] vfs: Add new file and directory create permission flags Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 08/24] vfs: Add delete child and delete self " Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 09/24] vfs: Make the inode passed to inode_change_ok non-const Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 10/24] vfs: Add permission flags for setting file attributes Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 11/24] vfs: Make acl_permission_check() work for richacls Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 12/24] richacl: In-memory representation and helper functions Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 13/24] richacl: Permission mapping functions Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1298469131-16555-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-23 13:51 ` [PATCH -V5 02/24] vfs: Pass all mask flags down to iop->check_acl Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:51 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V [this message]
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 14/24] richacl: Compute maximum file masks from an acl Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 15/24] richacl: Update the file masks in chmod() Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-28 21:11 ` [PATCH -V5 00/24] New ACL format for better NFSv4 acl interoperability Ted Ts'o
2011-03-01 6:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K. V
2011-03-02 15:49 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110302154943.GB29136-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-02 17:47 ` Aneesh Kumar K. V
[not found] ` <87ei6pza5v.fsf-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-02 18:58 ` J. Bruce Fields
2011-03-04 10:38 ` Aneesh Kumar K. V
2011-03-05 0:32 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20110305003214.GF21260-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-05 17:58 ` Aneesh Kumar K. V
2011-03-15 8:46 ` Andreas Gruenbacher
2011-05-11 22:16 ` Björn JACKE
[not found] ` <E1QKJAl-00DGc7-EB@intern.SerNet.DE>
2011-05-13 15:40 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 16/24] richacl: Permission check algorithm Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 17/24] richacl: Create-time inheritance Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 18/24] richacl: Check if an acl is equivalent to a file mode Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 19/24] richacl: Automatic Inheritance Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 20/24] richacl: xattr mapping functions Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 21/24] ext4: Use IS_POSIXACL() to check for POSIX ACL support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 22/24] vfs: Cache richacl in struct inode Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 23/24] ext4: Implement rich acl for ext4 Aneesh Kumar K.V
2011-02-23 13:52 ` [PATCH -V5 24/24] ext4: Add temporary richacl mount option " Aneesh Kumar K.V
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