From 332a2e1244bd08b9e3ecd378028513396a004a24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 10:17:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] vfs: make O_PATH file descriptors usable for 'fchdir()' MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit We already use them for openat() and friends, but fchdir() also wants to be able to use O_PATH file descriptors. This should make it comparable to the O_SEARCH of Solaris. In particular, O_PATH allows you to access (not-quite-open) a directory you don't have read persmission to, only execute permission. Noticed during development of multithread support for ksh93. Reported-by: ольга крыжановская Cc: Al Viro Cc: stable@kernel.org # O_PATH introduced in 3.0+ Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/open.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index d6c79a0dffc7..1540632d8387 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -397,10 +397,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fchdir, unsigned int, fd) { struct file *file; struct inode *inode; - int error; + int error, fput_needed; error = -EBADF; - file = fget(fd); + file = fget_raw_light(fd, &fput_needed); if (!file) goto out; @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fchdir, unsigned int, fd) if (!error) set_fs_pwd(current->fs, &file->f_path); out_putf: - fput(file); + fput_light(file, fput_needed); out: return error; } -- 2.20.1