Re: [PATCH] utime(s): Honour CAP_FOWNER when times==NULL

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote:
> [...]
> Anwyay, so I'm thinking of adding:
> 
> struct inode;
> 
> int is_not_owner(struct inode *)

  ^static inline                 ^inode

of course.

> {
> 	return ((current->fsuid != inode->i_uid) && !capable(CAP_FOWNER));
> }
> 
> to linux/capability.h inside the __KERNEL__ #ifdef, asm/current.h is
> included in there already.
> 
> And then do the necessary conversions. Sounds OK?
> 
> Satyam
> 
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