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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 0b3138de2a3..7657be4352b 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -221,14 +221,12 @@ static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
}
/*
- * This does basic POSIX ACL permission checking
+ * This does the basic permission checking
*/
static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
{
unsigned int mode = inode->i_mode;
- mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC | MAY_NOT_BLOCK;
-
if (current_user_ns() != inode_userns(inode))
goto other_perms;
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@ other_perms:
/**
* generic_permission - check for access rights on a Posix-like filesystem
* @inode: inode to check access rights for
- * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
+ * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC, ...)
*
* Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on a file.
* We use "fsuid" for this, letting us set arbitrary permissions
@@ -273,7 +271,7 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
int ret;
/*
- * Do the basic POSIX ACL permission checks.
+ * Do the basic permission checks.
*/
ret = acl_permission_check(inode, mask);
if (ret != -EACCES)
@@ -331,12 +329,14 @@ static inline int do_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
/**
* inode_permission - check for access rights to a given inode
* @inode: inode to check permission on
- * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
+ * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC, ...)
*
* Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on an inode.
* We use "fsuid" for 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.
*/
int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
{
@@ -2035,10 +2035,7 @@ static int may_open(struct path *path, int acc_mode, int flag)
if (flag & O_NOATIME && !inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
return -EPERM;
- /*
- * Ensure there are no outstanding leases on the file.
- */
- return break_lease(inode, flag);
+ return 0;
}
static int handle_truncate(struct file *filp)