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Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask) } /* - * This does basic POSIX ACL permission checking + * This does the basic permission checking */ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask) { @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask) int ret; /* - * Do the basic POSIX ACL permission checks. + * Do the basic permission checks. */ ret = acl_permission_check(inode, mask); if (ret != -EACCES) @@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ static inline int do_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask) * 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) { |
