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diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 16fefd373fc..a21d5a938a1 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/async.h>
#include <linux/posix_acl.h>
#include <linux/ima.h>
+#include <linux/cred.h>
/*
* This is needed for the following functions:
@@ -1733,3 +1734,19 @@ void inode_init_owner(struct inode *inode, const struct inode *dir,
inode->i_mode = mode;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_init_owner);
+
+/*
+ * return true if current either has CAP_FOWNER to the
+ * file, or owns the file.
+ */
+bool is_owner_or_cap(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *ns = inode_userns(inode);
+
+ if (current_user_ns() == ns && current_fsuid() == inode->i_uid)
+ return true;
+ if (ns_capable(ns, CAP_FOWNER))
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(is_owner_or_cap);