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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cgroup.c | 3 |
3 files changed, 2 insertions, 20 deletions
@@ -303,23 +303,6 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask) return security_inode_permission(inode, mask); } -/** - * file_permission - check for additional access rights to a given file - * @file: file to check access rights for - * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC) - * - * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on an already opened - * file. - * - * Note: - * Do not use this function in new code. All access checks should - * be done using inode_permission(). - */ -int file_permission(struct file *file, int mask) -{ - return inode_permission(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, mask); -} - /* * get_write_access() gets write permission for a file. * put_write_access() releases this write permission. @@ -3405,7 +3388,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_parent); EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path); EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup); EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_permission); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_permission); EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename); EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_create); EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_follow_link); diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index a8735e7..d04e555 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1490,7 +1490,6 @@ extern void dentry_unhash(struct dentry *dentry); /* * VFS file helper functions. */ -extern int file_permission(struct file *, int); extern void inode_init_owner(struct inode *inode, const struct inode *dir, mode_t mode); /* diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index 2731d11..e1c72c0 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -3542,7 +3542,8 @@ static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft, } /* the process need read permission on control file */ - ret = file_permission(cfile, MAY_READ); + /* AV: shouldn't we check that it's been opened for read instead? */ + ret = inode_permission(cfile->f_path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ); if (ret < 0) goto fail; |
