1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 5f70aa62cf0f..025a4a251b64 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1851,6 +1851,11 @@ extern int inode_permission(struct inode *, int);
 extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int,
                 int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int));
 
+static inline bool execute_ok(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        return (inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
+}
+
 extern int get_write_access(struct inode *);
 extern int deny_write_access(struct file *);
 static inline void put_write_access(struct inode * inode)