linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't reduce symlink i

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Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 15:07:17 +0100
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com, 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

Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:

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

That works for symlinks because the symlink path doesn't call it?

David