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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:06:17 -0400 From: Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> Cc: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>, Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>, Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>, Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>, linux-ext4 List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Deprecate data=journal mount option On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 04:57:19PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > and differences in error code returns for > > xattrs) and #79 (a failure in the append-only handling which I don't > > completely understand yet). > > This was discussed on fsdevel lately. All filesystem but xfs inherit > the append only bit from directories to files created inside them. > This not only is not very useful behaviour, but also exposes a bug > in the vfs that allows to create these new files, but fail the open > unless using O_APPEND which is against the posix create semantics. I agree that disabling inheritance of the APPEND_FL flag makes sense. I propose we do this for ext2/3/4 and any other file systems which is currently following the ext2/3/4 behavior. Any objections? - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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