+/**
+ * vfs_permission - check for access rights to a given path
+ * @nd: lookup result that describes the path
+ * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
+ *
+ * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on a path.
+ * We use "fsuid" for this, letting us set arbitrary permissions
+ * for filesystem access without changing the "normal" uids which
+ * are used for other things.
+ */
+int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *nd, int mask)
+{
+ return permission(nd->dentry->d_inode, mask, nd);
+}
+
+/**
+ * file_permission - check for additional access rights to a given file
+ * @file: file to check access rights for
+ * @mask: right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
+ *
+ * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on an already opened
+ * file.
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * Do not use this function in new code. All access checks should
+ * be done using vfs_permission().
+ */
+int file_permission(struct file *file, int mask)
+{
+ return permission(file->f_dentry->d_inode, mask, NULL);
+}
+