+
+/**
+ * inode_owner_or_capable - check current task permissions to inode
+ * @inode: inode being checked
+ *
+ * Return true if current either has CAP_FOWNER to the inode, or
+ * owns the file.
+ */
+bool inode_owner_or_capable(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *ns = inode_userns(inode);
+
+ if (current_user_ns() == ns && current_fsuid() == inode->i_uid)
+ return true;
+ if (ns_capable(ns, CAP_FOWNER))
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_owner_or_capable);