Re: [PATCH v8 10/41] richacl: Permission check algorithm

[Andreas GrÃnbacher]

2015-09-28 18:29 GMT+02:00 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 06:25:23PM +0200, Andreas GrÃnbacher wrote:
>> 2015-09-28 18:08 GMT+02:00 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > The above also skips the following group_mask application on any unix
>> > group.
>>
>> Really? How does it do that?
>
> Sorry, I meant "unix user", not "unix group"!

Indeed, that's a bit tricky. Probably worth changing if just for clarity:

-                       goto entry_matches_owner;
+                       if (uid_eq(current_fsuid(), inode->i_uid))
+                               goto entry_matches_owner;

Thanks,
Andreas
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