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    SubjectRe: [PATCH -V4 08/11] vfs: Add new file and directory create permission flags
    I was going through some old patches in the ext4 patchwork list, and
    came across this. It looks like this patch has never been applied to
    mainline. If it's a "clear improvement", any reason not to submit it?

    Regards,

    - Ted

    On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 03:14:00PM +0200, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
    >
    > Ah, you mean this:
    >
    > --- a/fs/namei.c
    > +++ b/fs/namei.c
    > @@ -2450,7 +2450,9 @@ int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_de
    > if (!inode)
    > return -ENOENT;
    >
    > - error = may_create(dir, new_dentry, S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode));
    > + if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
    > + return -EPERM;
    > + error = may_create(dir, new_dentry, 0);
    > if (error)
    > return error;
    >
    > @@ -2464,8 +2466,6 @@ int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_de
    > return -EPERM;
    > if (!dir->i_op->link)
    > return -EPERM;
    > - if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
    > - return -EPERM;
    >
    > error = security_inode_link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
    > if (error)
    >
    > This is a clear improvement; I don't think it matters that user-space will
    > get -EPERM instead of -EXDEV when trying to hard-link a directory across
    > devices.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Andreas


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