Re: [PATCH v2] fs: change return values from -EACCES to -EPERM

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On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 16:28 +0800, Zhao Hongjiang wrote:
> From: Zhao Hongjiang <zhaohongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> According to SUSv3:
> 
> [EACCES] Permission denied. An attempt was made to access a file in a way
> forbidden by its file access permissions.
> 
> [EPERM] Operation not permitted. An attempt was made to perform an operation
> limited to processes with appropriate privileges or to the owner of a file
> or other resource.
> 
> So -EPERM should be returned if capability checks fails.

It shouldn't make a difference to autofs since the code is used to
report the failure and a fail is a fail.

Acked-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>

I don't know if this would have an impact on autodir or systemd.

> 
> Strictly speaking this is an API change since the error code user sees is
> different but I don't think anyone really cares.
> 
> Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Hongjiang <zhaohongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> This patch is based on linux-next tree http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
> 
> ---
>  fs/autofs4/root.c |    2 +-
>  fs/dlm/config.c   |    2 +-
>  fs/gfs2/sys.c     |   18 +++++++++---------
>  fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c  |    2 +-
>  fs/proc/base.c    |    6 +++---
>  fs/udf/file.c     |    2 +-
>  6 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
> index e7396cf..386cca4 100644
> --- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
> +++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
> @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>  	
>  	/* This allows root to remove symlinks */
>  	if (!autofs4_oz_mode(sbi) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ino->count)) {
>  		p_ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
> diff --git a/fs/dlm/config.c b/fs/dlm/config.c
> index a0387dd..7d58d5b 100644
> --- a/fs/dlm/config.c
> +++ b/fs/dlm/config.c
> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static ssize_t cluster_set(struct dlm_cluster *cl, unsigned int *cl_field,
>  	unsigned int x;
> 
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	x = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
> 
> diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
> index 8056b7b..0acbe2f 100644
> --- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
> +++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static ssize_t freeze_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf, size_t len)
>  	int n = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0);
> 
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	switch (n) {
>  	case 0:
> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static ssize_t withdraw_show(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *buf)
>  static ssize_t withdraw_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf, size_t len)
>  {
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	if (simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0) != 1)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static ssize_t statfs_sync_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
>  				 size_t len)
>  {
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	if (simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0) != 1)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static ssize_t quota_sync_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
>  				size_t len)
>  {
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	if (simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0) != 1)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static ssize_t quota_refresh_user_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
>  	u32 id;
> 
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	id = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
> 
> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static ssize_t quota_refresh_group_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
>  	u32 id;
> 
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	id = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
> 
> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static ssize_t demote_rq_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf, size_t len
>  	int rv;
> 
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	rv = sscanf(buf, "%u:%llu %15s", &gltype, &glnum,
>  		    mode);
> @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static ssize_t quota_scale_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
>  	unsigned int x, y;
> 
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	if (sscanf(buf, "%u %u", &x, &y) != 2 || !y)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static ssize_t tune_set(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int *field,
>  	unsigned int x;
> 
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +		return -EPERM;
> 
>  	x = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
> index 6958adf..24a05ba 100644
> --- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
> @@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ long ncp_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  	case NCP_IOC_CONN_LOGGED_IN:
>  	case NCP_IOC_SETROOT:
>  		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
> -			ret = -EACCES;
> +			ret = -EPERM;
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>  		break;
> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
> index db184f0..1c686f2 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ static int map_files_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
>  		return -ECHILD;
> 
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
> -		status = -EACCES;
> +		status = -EPERM;
>  		goto out_notask;
>  	}
> 
> @@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_map_files_lookup(struct inode *dir,
>  	struct dentry *result;
>  	struct mm_struct *mm;
> 
> -	result = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
> +	result = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>  		goto out;
> 
> @@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
>  	ino_t ino;
>  	int ret;
> 
> -	ret = -EACCES;
> +	ret = -EPERM;
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>  		goto out;
> 
> diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
> index 77b5953..63e25fc 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/file.c
> +++ b/fs/udf/file.c
> @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ long udf_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  		goto out;
>  	case UDF_RELOCATE_BLOCKS:
>  		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
> -			result = -EACCES;
> +			result = -EPERM;
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>  		if (get_user(old_block, (long __user *)arg)) {
> -- 1.7.1


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