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GENERIC_PERMISSION(9) The Linux VFS GENERIC_PERMISSION(9)
NAME
generic_permission - check for access rights on a Posix-like filesystem
SYNOPSIS
int generic_permission(struct inode * inode, int mask);
ARGUMENTS
inode
inode to check access rights for
mask
right to check for (MAY_READ, MAY_WRITE, MAY_EXEC, ...)
DESCRIPTION
Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on a file. We use “fsuid” for this,
letting us set arbitrary permissions for filesystem access without changing the “normal”
uids which are used for other things.
generic_permission is rcu-walk aware. It returns -ECHILD in case an rcu-walk request
cannot be satisfied (eg. requires blocking or too much complexity). It would then be
called again in ref-walk mode.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8. January 2017 GENERIC_PERMISSION(9)
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