linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v3] vfs: make unlink() and rmdir() return ENOENT in preference to EROFS

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Message-ID: <20110607000527.GP11521@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2011 01:05:27 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mjt@....msk.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3] vfs: make unlink() and rmdir() return ENOENT in
 preference to EROFS

On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 07:19:40PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> If user space attempts to remove a non-existent file or directory, and
> the file system is mounted read-only, return ENOENT instead of EROFS.
> Either error code is arguably valid/correct, but ENOENT is a more
> specific error message.
> 
> Reported-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>

Applied.  In for-next for now, will go into for-linus once Linus picks
the last pull request...
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