Hi!
> > Will simple access() suffice here or do we have to actually open the
> > file?
> 
> We have to open it, it was changed from access to open in this commit:
> 
> commit 0a91955ab91bf518ff56a44bb2969b0cb549a979
> Date:   Wed May 7 17:03:33 2014 +0400
> 
>      device-drivers/acpi/ltp_acpi_cpufreq: fix checking for write permission
> 
>      If access(some_file, W_OK) is executed by root it will return 
> success even
>      if file has read-only permission. Use 'open' to test sysfs file for 
> write
>      permission.
> 
> Doc updated as well:
> 
> commit fb3da0a1f3a4f1b836e50033cb8acf7c6d0c5a05
> Date:   Tue May 13 15:34:32 2014 +0400
> 
>      docs: add a paragraph about access() to Common Problems section

Ah, right, deja vu.

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chru...@suse.cz

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