linux-kernel - Re: [patch 10/26] mount options: fix devpts

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Message-ID: <4798EB07.50002@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:46:15 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 10/26] mount options: fix devpts

Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Also add minor fix: when parsing the "mode" option, mask with
> S_IALLUGO instead of ~S_IFMT, which could leave unsed bits in the
> mask.

umode_t is 16 bits, so it doesn't.  The change is still good, of course.

> +	if (config.mode != DEVPTS_DEFAULT_MODE)
> +		seq_printf(seq, ",mode=%03o", config.mode);

I would rather this be unconditional, than that it be conditional on 
something other than the user having specified it in the first place.

Other than that,

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>

	-hpa

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