linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: Undo an overly zealous MS_RDONLY -> SB

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFyez2t_JUBhb3R0VFN7s_Gn+LwOS16gTSmSFb_M90v98A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:03:21 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: Undo an overly zealous MS_RDONLY -> SB_RDONLY conversion

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:35 AM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> In do_mount() when the MS_* flags are being converted to MNT_* flags,
> MS_RDONLY got accidentally convered to SB_RDONLY.

Applied.

I guess they have the same value (1). How did you notice? Do you have
some patches that turn the kernel flags into a bitwise type? Or did
you just happen on it manually?

           Linus