On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 12:10:34AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote: > > > > To avoid this, check EXT3_APPEND_FL flag first in ext3_create before > > really allocating new inode. > Yes, it is nicer to not create any file when open(2) fails in the end. > BTW, how have you spotted this? I've taken your ext2 and ext3 patches into > my tree. Note: I have a fix in my tree which removes EXTx_APPEND_FL from the set of flags that can be inherited from the containing directory in ext2, ext3, and ext4. That addresses this issue without needing to make the change in this patch. - 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