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-rw-r--r--fs/exec.c5
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c31
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h1
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 02d2e120542..dfbf7009fbe 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __user * library)
if (nd.path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
goto exit;
- error = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+ error = inode_permission(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
+ MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
if (error)
goto exit;
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
if (nd.path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
goto out_path_put;
- err = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+ err = inode_permission(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
if (err)
goto out_path_put;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5cc0dc95a7a..3f88e043d45 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask,
return -EACCES;
}
+/**
+ * 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)
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
{
int retval;
@@ -264,21 +274,6 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
}
/**
- * vfs_permission - check for access rights to a given path
- * @nd: lookup result that describes the path
- * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
- *
- * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on a path.
- * We use "fsuid" for this, letting us set arbitrary permissions
- * for filesystem access without changing the "normal" uids which
- * are used for other things.
- */
-int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *nd, int mask)
-{
- return inode_permission(nd->path.dentry->d_inode, mask);
-}
-
-/**
* 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)
@@ -288,7 +283,7 @@ int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *nd, int mask)
*
* Note:
* Do not use this function in new code. All access checks should
- * be done using vfs_permission().
+ * be done using inode_permission().
*/
int file_permission(struct file *file, int mask)
{
@@ -853,7 +848,8 @@ static int __link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
err = exec_permission_lite(inode);
if (err == -EAGAIN)
- err = vfs_permission(nd, MAY_EXEC);
+ err = inode_permission(nd->path.dentry->d_inode,
+ MAY_EXEC);
if (err)
break;
@@ -2882,7 +2878,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_lookup);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_permission);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_permission);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_permission);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_create);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3468df5a06e..fd615986a41 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1212,7 +1212,6 @@ extern void unlock_super(struct super_block *);
/*
* VFS helper functions..
*/
-extern int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *, int);
extern int vfs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, struct nameidata *);
extern int vfs_mkdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int);
extern int vfs_mknod(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, dev_t);