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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namei.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 25e4ab4ce8b..b69f6ebadb9 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -271,6 +271,23 @@ int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *nd, int mask) return permission(nd->dentry->d_inode, mask, nd); } +/** + * file_permission - check for additional access rights to a given file + * @file: file to check access rights for + * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC) + * + * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on an already opened + * file. + * + * Note: + * Do not use this function in new code. All access checks should + * be done using vfs_permission(). + */ +int file_permission(struct file *file, int mask) +{ + return permission(file->f_dentry->d_inode, mask, NULL); +} + /* * get_write_access() gets write permission for a file. * put_write_access() releases this write permission. @@ -2551,6 +2568,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_release); EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_walk); EXPORT_SYMBOL(permission); EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_permission); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_permission); EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename); EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_create); EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_follow_link); |