linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't reduce symlink i

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Message-ID: <CAJfpegvc=RsmozZCcp+cqMFxo0qR4vv7xT9owc1Epe9BR+zA3g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 16:10:01 +0200
From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't reduce symlink i_mode by umask if no ACL support

On Thu, 9 May 2024 at 16:08, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
>
> > I think this should just be removed unconditionally, since the VFS now
> > takes care of mode masking in vfs_prepare_mode().
>
> That works for symlinks because the symlink path doesn't call it?

Yep.

Thanks,
Miklos