From 12de1d2f694b2cc5c7f5757a3888b88aadff3cf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:13:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU: ubuntu: overlayfs -- vfs: export __inode_permission() to modules We need to be able to check inode permissions (but not filesystem implied permissions) for stackable filesystems. Expose this interface for overlayfs. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft --- fs/internal.h | 5 ----- fs/namei.c | 1 + include/linux/fs.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h index 2f6af7f645eb..0beb5c93d20d 100644 --- a/fs/internal.h +++ b/fs/internal.h @@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ static inline int __sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev, int wait) */ extern void __init chrdev_init(void); -/* - * namei.c - */ -extern int __inode_permission(struct inode *, int); - /* * namespace.c */ diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 93d228c297c8..dc574f81bff6 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ int __inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask) return security_inode_permission(inode, mask); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__inode_permission); /** * sb_permission - Check superblock-level permissions diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 30edceecb166..87e28ec48ab4 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2223,6 +2223,7 @@ extern sector_t bmap(struct inode *, sector_t); #endif extern int notify_change(struct dentry *, struct iattr *); extern int inode_permission(struct inode *, int); +extern int __inode_permission(struct inode *, int); extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int); static inline bool execute_ok(struct inode *inode)