From: Miklos Szeredi vfs_permission(MAY_WRITE) already checked for the inode being immutable, so no need to repeat it. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/open.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/open.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/open.c 2008-05-06 11:04:35.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/fs/open.c 2008-05-06 11:04:35.000000000 +0200 @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static long do_sys_truncate(const char _ goto mnt_drop_write_and_out; error = -EPERM; - if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode)) + if (IS_APPEND(inode)) goto mnt_drop_write_and_out; error = get_write_access(inode); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/