linux-kernel - Re: [ 64/82] ext4: dont trash state flags in EXT4_IOC

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Message-ID: <20120609152321.GC2215@kroah.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:23:21 +0900
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
Subject: Re: [ 64/82] ext4: dont trash state flags in EXT4_IOC_SETFLAGS

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 04:05:53PM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 04:21:48AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > 
> > It's not harmless because the user is no longer restricted to changing
> > EXT4_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE.
> 
> Um, very good point.  So we should either drop this commit and wait
> until the next stable release, or also pull commit b22b1f178f6 in as
> well.  Basically, this commit and b22b1f178f6 should appear in the
> same stable release.

Ok, I've queued that one up as well.

thanks,

greg k-h
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