On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 07:23:01AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:44:36 +0530 > "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Some permission models distinguish between the permission to create a > > non-directory and a directory. Pass this information down to > > inode_permission() as mask flags > > > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > fs/namei.c | 21 ++++++++++++--------- > > include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++ > > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c > > index 7d93d195f0e5..028bc8bcf77c 100644 > > --- a/fs/namei.c > > +++ b/fs/namei.c > > @@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ static int sb_permission(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode, int mask) > > * 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. > > + * When checking for MAY_APPEND, MAY_CREATE_FILE, MAY_CREATE_DIR, > > + * MAY_WRITE must also be set in @mask. > > */ > > int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask) > > { > > @@ -2444,14 +2445,16 @@ static int may_delete(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim, bool isdir) > > * 3. We should have write and exec permissions on dir > > * 4. We can't do it if dir is immutable (done in permission()) > > */ > > -static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child) > > +static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child, bool isdir) > > { > > + int mask = isdir ? MAY_CREATE_DIR : MAY_CREATE_FILE; > > + > > audit_inode_child(dir, child, AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_CREATE); > > if (child->d_inode) > > return -EEXIST; > > if (IS_DEADDIR(dir)) > > return -ENOENT; > > - return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC); > > + return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC | mask); > > } > > > > /* > > @@ -2501,7 +2504,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename); > > int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, > > bool want_excl) > > { > > - int error = may_create(dir, dentry); > > + int error = may_create(dir, dentry, 0); > > nit: since the third argument here is a bool, this should be "false" > and not "0". Ditto for all of the other calls of may_create. IMO, the third argument should be MAY_CREATE_FILE or MAY_CREATE_DIR, which is what the boolean evaluates to in may_create().... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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