linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2 linux-next] ext4: return -EACCES on inode_owner_or

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Date:   Sun,  1 Jan 2017 11:16:53 +0100
From:   Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:     tytso@....edu, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        fabf@...net.be
Subject: [PATCH 2/2 linux-next] ext4: return -EACCES on inode_owner_or_capable() error

like other cases in ext4_ioctl()

Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 4f113e6..5654ccd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		int err;
 
 		if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
-			return -EPERM;
+			return -EACCES;
 
 		if (ext4_has_metadata_csum(inode->i_sb)) {
 			ext4_warning(sb, "Setting inode version is not "
-- 
2.7.4