Name

__inode_permission — Check for access rights to a given inode

Synopsis

int __inode_permission (struct inode * inode,
 int mask);
 

Arguments

struct inode * inode

Inode to check permission on

int mask

Right to check for (MAY_READ, MAY_WRITE, MAY_EXEC)

Description

Check for read/write/execute permissions on an inode.

When checking for MAY_APPEND, MAY_WRITE must also be set in mask.

This does not check for a read-only file system. You probably want inode_permission.