Re: [PATCH 1/3] VFS: make notify_change pass ATTR_KILL_S*ID to setattr operations

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On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:06:38AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Make notify_change not clear the ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits in the ia_vaid that
> gets passed to the setattr inode operation. This allows the filesystems
> to reinterpret whether this mode change is simply intended to clear the
> setuid/setgid bits.
> 
> This means that notify_change should never be called with both ATTR_MODE
> and either of the ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits set, since the filesystem would
> have no way to know what part of the mode change was intentional. If
> it is called this way, consider it a BUG().

This one looks fine to, but you'll probably need an additional patch
to ecryptfs so it clears ATTR_MODE before calling notify_change for
the lower inode.

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