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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fsnotify.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fsnotify.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h index b8cf161f5a6..64efda9aae6 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h @@ -34,6 +34,25 @@ static inline void fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u __fsnotify_parent(path, dentry, mask); } +/* simple call site for access decisions */ +static inline int fsnotify_perm(struct file *file, int mask) +{ + struct path *path = &file->f_path; + struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode; + __u32 fsnotify_mask; + + if (file->f_mode & FMODE_NONOTIFY) + return 0; + if (!(mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_OPEN))) + return 0; + if (mask & MAY_READ) + fsnotify_mask = FS_ACCESS_PERM; + if (mask & MAY_OPEN) + fsnotify_mask = FS_OPEN_PERM; + + return fsnotify(inode, fsnotify_mask, path, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH, NULL, 0); +} + /* * fsnotify_d_move - dentry has been moved * Called with dcache_lock and dentry->d_lock held. |