From: "Duane Griffin" Subject: [PATCH 0/6][v3] ext{2,3,4}: tighten inheritance and setting of inode flags Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:41:59 +0100 Message-ID: <1213890125-20186-1-git-send-email-duaneg@dghda.com> Cc: Andreas Dilger , "Aneesh Kumar K.V" , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: akpm@linux-foundation.org Return-path: Received: from kumera.dghda.com ([80.68.90.171]:1484 "EHLO kumera.dghda.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751832AbYFSPmL (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:42:11 -0400 Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This patch series prevents inheritance and setting of various flags, as appropriate for specific inode types. Flags which should be inherited are listed explicitly so as to prevent future flags being overlooked and inherited by accident. It introduces a function to mask flags based on the inode type and uses it in inode creation and the SETFLAGS ioctl to facilitate future consistency. This fixes the TOPDIR flag inheritance bug reported at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9866. This version fixes the types for the mask function. Cheers, Duane