Re: 2.6.2: "filp->f_mode & 2..."

[Jamie Lokier]

Ulrich Windl wrote:
> filp->f_mode & 2 || permission(filp->f_dentry->d_inode,2,NULL)
> 
> It's obvious to some, likely for others that "2" there really stands for
> "002", the good old UNIX write permission.

That's FMODE_WRITE (= 2).  It isn't related at all to the Unix write
permission of 002, as you'll notice FMODE_READ is 1, not 4.

-- Jamie
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