Apply the umask in VFS optionally This patch adds the MS_NOUMASK mount option. This mount option is set by the file system, if the file system does not want the VFS to apply the umask. diff -Nur linux-2.5.30/include/linux/fs.h linux-2.5.30.patch/include/linux/fs.h --- linux-2.5.30/include/linux/fs.h Thu Aug 1 23:16:15 2002 +++ linux-2.5.30.patch/include/linux/fs.h Fri Aug 2 15:21:29 2002 @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ #define MS_MOVE 8192 #define MS_REC 16384 #define MS_VERBOSE 32768 +#define MS_NOUMASK (1<<16) /* VFS does not apply the umask */ #define MS_ACTIVE (1<<30) #define MS_NOUSER (1<<31) @@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ #define IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) ((inode)->i_flags & S_IMMUTABLE) #define IS_NOATIME(inode) (__IS_FLG(inode, MS_NOATIME) || ((inode)->i_flags & S_NOATIME)) #define IS_NODIRATIME(inode) __IS_FLG(inode, MS_NODIRATIME) +#define IS_NOUMASK(inode) __IS_FLG(inode, MS_NOUMASK) #define IS_DEADDIR(inode) ((inode)->i_flags & S_DEAD) diff -Nur linux-2.5.30/fs/namei.c linux-2.5.30.patch/fs/namei.c --- linux-2.5.30/fs/namei.c Thu Aug 1 23:16:18 2002 +++ linux-2.5.30.patch/fs/namei.c Fri Aug 2 15:35:10 2002 @@ -1279,8 +1279,9 @@ /* Negative dentry, just create the file */ if (!dentry->d_inode) { - error = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, dentry, - mode & ~current->fs->umask); + if (!IS_NOUMASK(dir->d_inode)) + mode &= ~current->fs->umask; + error = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, dentry, mode); up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem); dput(nd->dentry); nd->dentry = dentry; @@ -1442,7 +1443,8 @@ dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0); error = PTR_ERR(dentry); - mode &= ~current->fs->umask; + if (!IS_NOUMASK(nd.dentry->d_inode)) + mode &= ~current->fs->umask; if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) { switch (mode & S_IFMT) { case 0: case S_IFREG: @@ -1508,8 +1510,9 @@ dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1); error = PTR_ERR(dentry); if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) { - error = vfs_mkdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, - mode & ~current->fs->umask); + if (!IS_NOUMASK(nd.dentry->d_inode)) + mode &= ~current->fs->umask; + error = vfs_mkdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode); dput(dentry); } up(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_sem);