linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HFSPlus: simplify inode mode settting logic

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706241825230.1817@scrub.home>
Date:	Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:27:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Wyatt Banks <wyatt@...ksresearch.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HFSPlus: simplify inode mode settting logic

Hi,

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, Wyatt Banks wrote:

> Besides this redundancy, mode is the BSD file type and mode
> bits (see Apple TechNote 1150 for details) and is never 0.

This is wrong, there is an extra note:

"If the S_IFMT field (upper 4 bits) of the fileMode field is zero, then 
Mac OS X assumes that the permissions structure is uninitialized"

bye, Roman
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