At present INDEX is the only flag that new ext3 inodes do NOT inherit from their parent. In addition prevent the flags DIRTY, ECOMPR, IMAGIC and TOPDIR from being inherited. Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c index 7712682..1d9fe3f 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ got: ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0; ei->i_disksize = 0; - ei->i_flags = EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & ~EXT3_INDEX_FL; + ei->i_flags = EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT3_FL_INHERITED; if (S_ISLNK(mode)) ei->i_flags &= ~(EXT3_IMMUTABLE_FL|EXT3_APPEND_FL); /* dirsync only applies to directories */ diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h index 36c5403..4f7224a 100644 --- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h +++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h @@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ struct ext3_group_desc #define EXT3_FL_USER_VISIBLE 0x0003DFFF /* User visible flags */ #define EXT3_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE 0x000380FF /* User modifiable flags */ +/* Flags that should be inherited by new inodes from their parent. */ +#define EXT3_FL_INHERITED ~(EXT3_DIRTY_FL | EXT3_ECOMPR_FL | EXT3_INDEX_FL |\ + EXT3_IMAGIC_FL | EXT3_TOPDIR_FL) + /* * Inode dynamic state flags */ -- 1.5.3.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html