From: Andreas Gruenbacher Subject: Fix file_permission() We cannot easily switch from file_permission() to vfs_permission() everywhere, so fix file_permission() to not use a NULL nameidata for the remaining users. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher Signed-off-by: John Johansen --- fs/namei.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -318,7 +318,12 @@ int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *nd, */ int file_permission(struct file *file, int mask) { - return permission(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, mask, NULL); + struct nameidata nd; + + nd.path = file->f_path; + nd.flags = LOOKUP_ACCESS; + + return permission(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, mask, &nd); } /*