linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Revert "ext4: apply umask if ACL support is disabled"

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Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 13:04:40 -0700
From: Michael Forney <mforney@...rney.org>
To: Michael Forney <mforney@...rney.org>
Cc: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>, tytso@....edu,
 adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, brauner@...nel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "ext4: apply umask if ACL support is disabled"

Michael Forney <mforney@...rney.org> wrote:
> Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com> wrote:
> > This reverts commit 484fd6c1de13b336806a967908a927cc0356e312.  The
> > commit caused a regression because now the umask was applied to
> > symlinks and the fix is unnecessary because the umask/O_TMPFILE bug
> > has been fixed somewhere else already.
> 
> Thanks, Max! I've verified that this fixes symlink modes for me,
> as well as the flatpak corruption error I was getting.
> 
> > Fixes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/28DSITL9912E1.2LSZUVTGTO52Q@mforney.org/
> > Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
> 
> Tested-by: Michael Forney <mforney@...rney.org>

Just checking in on this. I'd really like to see this regression
fixed. It currently affects versions 6.5 through 6.9-rc6 as well
as all longterm releases.