Re: [RFC][PATCH] ext2: fix a block leak

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On Wed 23-05-18 13:58:24, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Fri 18-05-18 01:06:25, Al Viro wrote:
> > open file, unlink it, then use ioctl(2) to make it immutable or
> > append only.  Now close it and watch the blocks *not* freed...
> > 
> > Immutable/append-only checks belong in ->setattr().
> > Note: the bug is old and backport to anything prior to 737f2e93b972
> > ("ext2: convert to use the new truncate convention") will need
> > these checks lifted into ext2_setattr().
> > 
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Sorry, I've been busy with other stuff after LSF/MM and then forgot about
> this. Thanks for the patch! I've added the patch to my tree.

Bah, and now I see (thanks Amir for the notice) you've already pushed it to
Linus. Sorry for the noise.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR



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