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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 10:22:58 +0100
From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
xfs@....sgi.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v27 02/21] vfs: Add MAY_CREATE_FILE and MAY_CREATE_DIR
permission flags
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Andreas Gruenbacher
<agruenba@...hat.com> wrote:
> Richacls distinguish between creating non-directories and directories. To
> support that, add an isdir parameter to may_create(). When checking
> inode_permission() for create permission, pass in an additional
> MAY_CREATE_FILE or MAY_CREATE_DIR mask flag.
>
> Add may_replace() to allow checking for delete and create access when
> replacing an existing file in vfs_rename().
That works for plain rename, but not for RENAME_EXCHANGE: is_dir and
new_is_dir may be different, which means we can be deleting a
non-directory *and* creating a directory in one dir and vice versa in
the other.
Thanks,
Miklos
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