linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v8 10/41] richacl: Permission check algorithm

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:51:47 +0200
From:	Andreas Grünbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@...il.com>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 10/41] richacl: Permission check algorithm

2015-09-28 18:29 GMT+02:00 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@...ldses.org>:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 06:25:23PM +0200, Andreas Grünbacher wrote:
>> 2015-09-28 18:08 GMT+02:00 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@...ldses.org>:
>> > The above also skips the following group_mask application on any unix
>> > group.
>>
>> Really? How does it do that?
>
> Sorry, I meant "unix user", not "unix group"!

Indeed, that's a bit tricky. Probably worth changing if just for clarity:

-                       goto entry_matches_owner;
+                       if (uid_eq(current_fsuid(), inode->i_uid))
+                               goto entry_matches_owner;

Thanks,
Andreas
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