Re: [PATCH v27 02/21] vfs: Add MAY_CREATE_FILE and MAY_CREATE_DIR permission flags

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Miklos,

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Andreas Gruenbacher
> <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Richacls distinguish between creating non-directories and directories. To
>> support that, add an isdir parameter to may_create(). When checking
>> inode_permission() for create permission, pass in an additional
>> MAY_CREATE_FILE or MAY_CREATE_DIR mask flag.
>>
>> Add may_replace() to allow checking for delete and create access when
>> replacing an existing file in vfs_rename().
>
> That works for plain rename, but not for RENAME_EXCHANGE: is_dir and
> new_is_dir may be different, which means we can be deleting a
> non-directory *and* creating a directory in one dir and vice versa in
> the other.

ok, I see now. Should be fixed in the latest posting from just now.

Thanks a lot,
Andreas



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