Re: [PATCH] fuse:rely on fuse_perm for exec when no mode bits set

[Chakra Divi]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 4:55 PM Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 11:31 AM Chakra Divi <chakragithub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In current code, for exec we are checking mode bits
> > for x bit set even though the fuse_perm_getattr returns
> > success. Changes in this patch avoids mode bit explicit
> > check, leaves the exec checking to fuse file system
> > in uspace.
>
> Why is this needed?

Thanks for responding Miklos. We have an use case with our remote file
system mounted on fuse , where permissions checks will happen remotely
without the need of mode bits. In case of read, write it worked
without issues. But for executable files, we found that fuse kernel is
explicitly checking 'x' mode bit set on the file. We want this
checking also to be pushed to remote instead of kernel doing it - so
modified the kernel code to send getattr op to usespace in exec case
too.

> Thanks,
> Miklos