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SubjectRe: [patch 06/14] hfsplus: remove hfsplus_permission()
Hi,

On Thu, 22 May 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote:

> > That check didn't used to be there and that the HFS+ check is older than
> > that might have given you the idea that it at least used to work.
> > So now the only way for a fs to differentiate between lookup and exec is
> > gone... :-(
>
> That check was added quite some time ago:
>
> commit a343bb7750e6a098909c34f5c5dfddbc4fa40053
> Author: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
> Date: Tue Aug 22 20:06:03 2006 -0400
>
> VFS: Fix access("file", X_OK) in the presence of ACLs
>
> Also it sounds just plain wrong to allow execution without an x bit.
> It could cause nasty surprises at least. What was the intended
> purpose of that code, and why did nobody notice when it stopped
> working?

As I said to allow lookup on files.

bye, Roman


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