Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 12:04:18 -0400
From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel <joern@logfs.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: O_TMPFILE fs corruption (Re: Linux 3.11-rc4)
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On Mon, 5 August 2013 01:26:46 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 08:45:16PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > The patch looks right to me - we should pass in similar flags for the
> > create case as for tmpfile to the filesystem.
> > 
> > But let's make sure we're all on the same page. Al?
> 
> Given all the problems and very limited fs support I'd much prefer
> disabling O_TMPFILE for this release.  That'd give it the needed
> exposure it was missing by being merged without any previous public
> review.

Agreed.  This has not been in -next at all.  It is not an urgent
security thing or regression fix, so there is no good excuse for
avoiding the normal process.

Jörn

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