Re: O_TMPFILE fs corruption (Re: Linux 3.11-rc4)

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Aug 05 2013 - 04:26:54 EST


On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 08:45:16PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> The patch looks right to me - we should pass in similar flags for the
> create case as for tmpfile to the filesystem.
>
> But let's make sure we're all on the same page. Al?

Given all the problems and very limited fs support I'd much prefer
disabling O_TMPFILE for this release. That'd give it the needed
exposure it was missing by being merged without any previous public
review.

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