linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't set i_flags in EXT4_IOC

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Message-ID: <20120607230552.GL19839@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:05:52 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't set i_flags in EXT4_IOC_SETFLAGS.

On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 11:18:18AM +0800, Tao Ma wrote:
> From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
> 
> 7990696 uses the ext4_{set,clear}_inode_flags() functions to change
> the i_flags automatically but fails to remove the error setting of
> i_flags. So we still have the problem of trashing  state flags. So
> remove it.
> 
> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>

Good catch!  Sorry that I missed it.  I've taken this patch, thanks.

     	     	   	  	      - Ted
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