[patch-2.4.0-test12-pre6] truncate(2) permissions

From: Tigran Aivazian (tigran@veritas.com)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 04:11:21 EST


Hi ALexander,

This patch combines your previous patch with 2 changes I have just
suggested. Both changes are obvious (and correct).

(correction to my previous message -- the immutable thing to return EPERM
is not just a good idea, it is imperative and Linux already does that --
so we can drop that check from if() unconditionally, which is what the
patch below does).

Tested under 2.4.0-test12-pre6.

Regards,
Tigran

--- linux/fs/open.c Thu Oct 26 16:11:21 2000
+++ work/fs/open.c Wed Dec 6 08:05:43 2000
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@
                 goto out;
         inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
 
- error = -EACCES;
+ /* For directories it's -EISDIR, for other non-regulars - -EINVAL */
+ error = -EISDIR;
+ if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+ goto dput_and_out;
+
+ error = -EINVAL;
         if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
                 goto dput_and_out;
 
@@ -110,12 +115,8 @@
         if (error)
                 goto dput_and_out;
 
- error = -EROFS;
- if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
- goto dput_and_out;
-
         error = -EPERM;
- if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
+ if (IS_APPEND(inode))
                 goto dput_and_out;
 
         /*
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@
                 goto out;
         dentry = file->f_dentry;
         inode = dentry->d_inode;
- error = -EACCES;
+ error = -EINVAL;
         if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || !(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
                 goto out_putf;
         error = -EPERM;

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