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Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 15:47:27 +0200
From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't reduce symlink i_mode by umask if no ACL support

On Thu, 9 May 2024 at 15:41, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.h b/fs/ext4/acl.h
> index ef4c19e5f570..566625286442 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/acl.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/acl.h
> @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ ext4_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
>         /* usually, the umask is applied by posix_acl_create(), but if
>            ext4 ACL support is disabled at compile time, we need to do
>            it here, because posix_acl_create() will never be called */
> -       inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask();
> +       if (!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
> +               inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask();

I think this should just be removed unconditionally, since the VFS now
takes care of mode masking in vfs_prepare_mode().

Thanks,
Miklos