inode_owner_or_capable(9)

1INODE_OWNER_OR_CAPAB(9)          The Linux VFS         INODE_OWNER_OR_CAPAB(9)
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6       inode_owner_or_capable - check current task permissions to inode
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9       bool inode_owner_or_capable(const struct inode * inode);
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16       Return true if current either has CAP_FOWNER in a namespace with the
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20Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019           INODE_OWNER_OR_CAPAB(9)