Name

ipc_check_perms — check security and permissions for an ipc object

Synopsis

int ipc_check_perms (struct ipc_namespace * ns,
 struct kern_ipc_perm * ipcp,
 const struct ipc_ops * ops,
 struct ipc_params * params);
 

Arguments

ns

ipc namespace

ipcp

ipc permission set

ops

the actual security routine to call

params

its parameters

Description

This routine is called by sys_msgget, sys_semget and sys_shmget when the key is not IPC_PRIVATE and that key already exists in the ds IDR.

On success, the ipc id is returned.

It is called with ipc_ids.rwsem and ipcp->lock held.