On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 04:57:19PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > and differences in error code returns for > > xattrs) and #79 (a failure in the append-only handling which I don't > > completely understand yet). > > This was discussed on fsdevel lately. All filesystem but xfs inherit > the append only bit from directories to files created inside them. > This not only is not very useful behaviour, but also exposes a bug > in the vfs that allows to create these new files, but fail the open > unless using O_APPEND which is against the posix create semantics. I agree that disabling inheritance of the APPEND_FL flag makes sense. I propose we do this for ext2/3/4 and any other file systems which is currently following the ext2/3/4 behavior. Any objections? - Ted -- 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
