From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758792AbYFKAEl (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:04:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755852AbYFKAEP (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:04:15 -0400 Received: from kumera.dghda.com ([80.68.90.171]:3312 "EHLO kumera.dghda.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755512AbYFKAEN (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:04:13 -0400 From: "Duane Griffin" To: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: Andreas Dilger , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Duane Griffin Subject: [PATCH 0/6][v2] ext{2,3,4}: tighten inheritance and setting of inode flags Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:04:03 +0100 Message-Id: <1213142649-32685-1-git-send-email-duaneg@dghda.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.3.7 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This patch series prevents inheritance and setting of various flags, as appropriate for specific inode types. Flags which should be inherited are listed explicitly so as to prevent future flags being overlooked and inherited by accident. It introduces a function to mask flags based on the inode type and uses it in inode creation and the SETFLAGS ioctl to facilitate future consistency. This fixes the TOPDIR flag inheritance bug reported at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9866. This version introduces the restrictions on setting flags for inappropriate inodes and lists inheritable flags explicitly. Cheers, Duane.