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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:58:54 +0200 From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de> To: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] fanotify: Return EPERM when a process is not privileged The appropriate error code when privileged operations are denied is EPERM, not EACCES. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de> --- fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c index c3a5742..4d7f7cb 100644 --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags) __func__, flags, event_f_flags); if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) - return -EACCES; + return -EPERM; if (flags & ~FAN_ALL_INIT_FLAGS) return -EINVAL; -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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