Propagate flags such as S_APPEND, S_IMMUTABLE, etc. from i_flags into ext4-specific i_flags. Hence, when someone sets these flags via a different interface than ioctl, they are stored correctly. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara diff -rupX /home/jack/.kerndiffexclude linux-2.6.21-rc6-1-ext3_flags_update/fs/ext4/inode.c linux-2.6.21-rc6-2-ext4_flags_update/fs/ext4/inode.c --- linux-2.6.21-rc6-1-ext3_flags_update/fs/ext4/inode.c 2007-04-10 17:09:55.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc6-2-ext4_flags_update/fs/ext4/inode.c 2007-04-17 12:08:54.000000000 +0200 @@ -2584,6 +2584,25 @@ void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode * inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC; } +/* Propagate flags from i_flags to EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags */ +void ext4_get_inode_flags(struct ext4_inode_info *ei) +{ + unsigned int flags = ei->vfs_inode.i_flags; + + ei->i_flags &= ~(EXT4_SYNC_FL|EXT4_APPEND_FL| + EXT4_IMMUTABLE_FL|EXT4_NOATIME_FL|EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL); + if (flags & S_SYNC) + ei->i_flags |= EXT4_SYNC_FL; + if (flags & S_APPEND) + ei->i_flags |= EXT4_APPEND_FL; + if (flags & S_IMMUTABLE) + ei->i_flags |= EXT4_IMMUTABLE_FL; + if (flags & S_NOATIME) + ei->i_flags |= EXT4_NOATIME_FL; + if (flags & S_DIRSYNC) + ei->i_flags |= EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL; +} + void ext4_read_inode(struct inode * inode) { struct ext4_iloc iloc; @@ -2743,6 +2762,7 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t if (ei->i_state & EXT4_STATE_NEW) memset(raw_inode, 0, EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size); + ext4_get_inode_flags(ei); raw_inode->i_mode = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_mode); if(!(test_opt(inode->i_sb, NO_UID32))) { raw_inode->i_uid_low = cpu_to_le16(low_16_bits(inode->i_uid)); diff -rupX /home/jack/.kerndiffexclude linux-2.6.21-rc6-1-ext3_flags_update/fs/ext4/ioctl.c linux-2.6.21-rc6-2-ext4_flags_update/fs/ext4/ioctl.c --- linux-2.6.21-rc6-1-ext3_flags_update/fs/ext4/ioctl.c 2007-02-07 12:03:23.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc6-2-ext4_flags_update/fs/ext4/ioctl.c 2007-04-17 12:09:19.000000000 +0200 @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ int ext4_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st switch (cmd) { case EXT4_IOC_GETFLAGS: + ext4_get_inode_flags(ei); flags = ei->i_flags & EXT4_FL_USER_VISIBLE; return put_user(flags, (int __user *) arg); case EXT4_IOC_SETFLAGS: { diff -rupX /home/jack/.kerndiffexclude linux-2.6.21-rc6-1-ext3_flags_update/include/linux/ext4_fs.h linux-2.6.21-rc6-2-ext4_flags_update/include/linux/ext4_fs.h --- linux-2.6.21-rc6-1-ext3_flags_update/include/linux/ext4_fs.h 2007-04-10 17:09:58.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc6-2-ext4_flags_update/include/linux/ext4_fs.h 2007-04-17 12:10:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ extern int ext4_change_inode_journal_fla extern int ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *, struct ext4_iloc *); extern void ext4_truncate (struct inode *); extern void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *); +extern void ext4_get_inode_flags(struct ext4_inode_info *); extern void ext4_set_aops(struct inode *inode); extern int ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(struct inode *); extern int ext4_block_truncate_page(handle_t *handle, struct page *page,