Question

In the EXT2 file.c the open file operation (.open) is being pointed to dquot_file_open which furthur points to generic_file_open which is present in fs/open.c.

The generic_file_open looks like it just has the below code

int generic_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
{
    if (!(filp->f_flags & O_LARGEFILE) && i_size_read(inode) > MAX_NON_LFS)
        return -EOVERFLOW;
    return 0;
}

Where are the ACL permissions being checked when a file is about to be opened?

When is I googled and went through the code using LXR I found the below path.

do_sys_open -> do_filp_open -> path_openat -> do_last -> may_open -> inode_permission -> do_inode_permission -> generic_permission -> acl_permission_check -> check_acl -> posix_acl_permission

but I could not understand how the .open of EXT2 is linked to do_sys_open.

Any help in letting me know the path to checking the acl permissions during a file open would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You’re looking at it from the wrong end: names like do_sys_open are system call entry points, and will ultimately go through the VFS layer to find the ext2 open routine after validating permissions.