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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-05-22 23:27:17 +0900
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-05-22 23:27:17 +0900
commit69c1f05379a34786da96d0fdedc111cdcdecdf6f (patch)
tree74a0cde11fbc619c227af89e0757036ab20323d0 /include/linux/kernfs.h
parent007dfe5ad6d039df784b44285bae89654eab3258 (diff)
parent4b660a7f5c8099d88d1a43d8ae138965112592c7 (diff)
Merge 3.15-rc6 into staging-next.
This resolves the conflicts in the files: drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_ops_linux.c Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kernfs.h')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index b0122dc6f96..ca1be5c9136 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -50,7 +50,24 @@ enum kernfs_node_flag {
/* @flags for kernfs_create_root() */
enum kernfs_root_flag {
- KERNFS_ROOT_CREATE_DEACTIVATED = 0x0001,
+ /*
+ * kernfs_nodes are created in the deactivated state and invisible.
+ * They require explicit kernfs_activate() to become visible. This
+ * can be used to make related nodes become visible atomically
+ * after all nodes are created successfully.
+ */
+ KERNFS_ROOT_CREATE_DEACTIVATED = 0x0001,
+
+ /*
+ * For regular flies, if the opener has CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, open(2)
+ * succeeds regardless of the RW permissions. sysfs had an extra
+ * layer of enforcement where open(2) fails with -EACCES regardless
+ * of CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE if the permission doesn't have the
+ * respective read or write access at all (none of S_IRUGO or
+ * S_IWUGO) or the respective operation isn't implemented. The
+ * following flag enables that behavior.
+ */
+ KERNFS_ROOT_EXTRA_OPEN_PERM_CHECK = 0x0002,
};
/* type-specific structures for kernfs_node union members */