On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is a variant of lookup_one_len() that does not check task
> permissions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/namei.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/namei.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index 263caf0efafe..837da8bfb36f 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -2511,6 +2511,35 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len);
>
> /**
> + * lookup_one_len_noperm - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
> + * @name: pathname component to lookup
> + * @base: base directory to lookup from
> + * @len: maximum length @len should be interpreted to
> + *
> + * Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should
> + * not be called by generic code.
> + *
> + * Unlike lookup_one_len, it does not check the task permissions.
> + *
> + * The caller must hold base->i_mutex.
> + */
> +struct dentry *lookup_one_len_noperm(const char *name, struct dentry *base,
> + int len)
> +{
> + struct qstr this;
> + int err;
> +
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_is_locked(base->d_inode));
> +
> + err = lookup_one_len_init(&this, base, name, len);
> + if (err)
> + return ERR_PTR(err);
> +
> + return __lookup_hash(&this, base, 0);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len);
Miklos,
Chandan pointed out to me that I have a copy&paste typo:
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len_noperm);
Please fix when applying if I don't end up sending another version.
Thanks,
Amir.
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