linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] vfs: iversion truncate bug fix

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:28:01 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] vfs: iversion truncate bug fix

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:26:30 -0500
Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 12:54 +0200, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> > When a file is truncated with truncate()/ftruncate() and then closed,
> > iversion is not updated. This patch uses ATTR_SIZE flag as an indication
> > to increment iversion.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com> 
> (Stable should be cc'ed on this patch.)

why?
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