On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:06:36PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 8/13/11 9:28 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > This doesn't make much sense, and it exposes a bug in the kernel where
> > attempts to create a new file in an append-only directory using
> > O_CREAT will fail (but still leave a zero-length file). This was
> > discovered when xfstests #79 was generalized so it could run on all
> > file systems.
>
> Curious about the status of this one; I think it makes sense to me, but
> I don't think it ever made it upstream? I'd be willing to give it a:
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Are there concerns about it or did it just slip through the cracks?
Yes, it's there. It hit upstream as of v3.2-rc1. Commit id 1cd9f097
- Ted
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