> > No, we don't want to deny read or write (that's up to the filesystem > > how it handles it), just want to deny execute if no x bits are set in > > the mode. > > OK, but when I see something with the name 'exec_permission()', I assume > that it is going to check for whether or not I have execute permission. > > If that is not the case, then can we please either change the function, > or change the name? Yeah, the name's not very good. Especially that there's an exec_permission_lite() in the same file, which has nothing to do with this. Will try to think of something better. Miklos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html