Re: [patch 06/14] hfsplus: remove hfsplus_permission()

[Miklos Szeredi]

> That check didn't used to be there and that the HFS+ check is older than 
> that might have given you the idea that it at least used to work.
> So now the only way for a fs to differentiate between lookup and exec is 
> gone... :-(

That check was added quite some time ago:

   commit a343bb7750e6a098909c34f5c5dfddbc4fa40053
   Author: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>
   Date:   Tue Aug 22 20:06:03 2006 -0400
   
       VFS: Fix access("file", X_OK) in the presence of ACLs

Also it sounds just plain wrong to allow execution without an x bit.
It could cause nasty surprises at least.  What was the intended
purpose of that code, and why did nobody notice when it stopped
working?

Miklos
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