On Dec 03, 2008 19:54 +0000, Duane Griffin wrote: > This patch series prevents the inheritance and setting of flags that are > inappropriate for specific inode types. > > Flags which should be inherited are listed explicitly so as to prevent > future flags being overlooked and inherited by accident. > > It introduces a function to mask flags based on the inode type and uses > it in inode creation and the SETFLAGS ioctl to help prevent future > inconsistency. > > Patches 1-3 fix the TOPDIR flag inheritance bug reported at > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9866. > > Patches 4-6 fix a related problem with non-regular file/dir inodes > inheriting inappropriate flags, discovered while testing. For example, > on an unpatched system, the following sequence will create an > un(re)movable device node: I worked with Duane during the development of these patches and agree that they implement the proper solution to a problem that has repeated a number of times as new flags are added. Acked-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxx> Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc. -- 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
