On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Andreas Gruenbacher
[off-list ref] wrote:

Normally, deleting a file requires write and execute access to the parent
directory.  With Richacls, a process with MAY_DELETE_SELF access to a file
may delete the file even without write access to the parent directory.

To support that, pass the MAY_DELETE_CHILD mask flag to inode_permission()
when checking for delete access inside a directory, and MAY_DELETE_SELF
when checking for delete access to a file itelf.

The MAY_DELETE_SELF permission does not override the sticky directory
check.  It probably should.

Silly question from the peanut gallery: is there any such thing as
opening an fd pointing at a file such that the "open file description"
(i.e. the struct file) captures the right to delete the file?

IOW do we need FMODE_DELETE_SELF?

--Andy