linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: Undo an overly zealous MS_RDONLY -> SB

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Date:   Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:36:30 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: Undo an overly zealous MS_RDONLY -> SB_RDONLY conversion

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> I guess they have the same value (1). How did you notice? Do you have
> some patches that turn the kernel flags into a bitwise type? Or did
> you just happen on it manually?

I happened to be looking at that bit of code.

They have the saame value for the moment, but this may not always remain so.

David