linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] correct flags to f_mode conversion in __dentry

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Message-ID: <je1w6fpynu.fsf@sykes.suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:47:33 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] correct flags to f_mode conversion in __dentry_open

Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com> writes:

> Notice that 3 == (O_RDWR | O_WRONLY)

Note that O_RDWR and O_WRONLY are not simple flags, but two possible
values of a 2-bit field (O_ACCMODE).  Thus it does not makes sense to
add them together.

Andreas.

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