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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 4d690e33446..e58382d57e7 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -459,8 +459,17 @@ asmlinkage long sys_faccessat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode)
if(res || !(mode & S_IWOTH) ||
special_file(nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
goto out_path_release;
-
- if(IS_RDONLY(nd.path.dentry->d_inode))
+ /*
+ * This is a rare case where using __mnt_is_readonly()
+ * is OK without a mnt_want/drop_write() pair. Since
+ * no actual write to the fs is performed here, we do
+ * not need to telegraph to that to anyone.
+ *
+ * By doing this, we accept that this access is
+ * inherently racy and know that the fs may change
+ * state before we even see this result.
+ */
+ if (__mnt_is_readonly(nd.path.mnt))
res = -EROFS;
out_path_release: