[patch 05/14] hpfs: dont call permission()

[Miklos Szeredi]

From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>

hpfs_unlink() calls permission() prior to truncating the file.  HPFS
doesn't define a .permission method, so replace with explicit call to
generic_permission().

This is equivalent, except that devcgroup_inode_permission() and
security_inode_permission() are not called.

The truncation is just an implementation detail of the unlink, so
these security checks are unnecessary.

I suspect that even calling generic_permission() is unnecessary, since
we shouldn't mind if the file isn't writable.  But I leave that to the
maintainer to decide.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
CC: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/hpfs/namei.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/hpfs/namei.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/hpfs/namei.c	2008-05-21 13:13:29.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/hpfs/namei.c	2008-05-21 13:41:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ again:
 		d_drop(dentry);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1 ||
-		    permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, NULL) ||
+		    generic_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, NULL) ||
 		    !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
 		    get_write_access(inode)) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);

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