We already check the EXEC access mode in the lower layers. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index e093e73..bf4e5f4 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -1362,13 +1362,6 @@ static int nfs_finish_open(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, ctx->dentry = dget(dentry); } - /* If the open_intent is for execute, we have an extra check to make */ - if (ctx->mode & FMODE_EXEC) { - err = nfs_may_open(dentry->d_inode, ctx->cred, open_flags); - if (err < 0) - goto out; - } - err = finish_open(file, dentry, do_open, opened); if (err) goto out; -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html