On Thu, 9 May 2024 at 15:41, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.h b/fs/ext4/acl.h > index ef4c19e5f570..566625286442 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/acl.h > +++ b/fs/ext4/acl.h > @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ ext4_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir) > /* usually, the umask is applied by posix_acl_create(), but if > ext4 ACL support is disabled at compile time, we need to do > it here, because posix_acl_create() will never be called */ > - inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask(); > + if (!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) > + inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask(); I think this should just be removed unconditionally, since the VFS now takes care of mode masking in vfs_prepare_mode(). Thanks, Miklos