Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] vfs: renumber FMODE_NONOTIFY and add to uniqueness check

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:23:19 +0000 David Drysdale <drysdale@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fix clashing values for O_PATH and FMODE_NONOTIFY on sparc.
> The clashing O_PATH value was added in 5229645bdc35f1cc43eb ("vfs: add
> nonconflicting values for O_PATH") but this can't be changed as it
> is user-visible.
> 
> FMODE_NONOTIFY is only used internally in the kernel, but it is in
> the same numbering space as the other O_* flags, as indicated by the
> comment at the top of include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h (and its use
> in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c).  So renumber it to avoid
> the clash.
> 
> All of this has happened before (12ed2e36c98aec6c4155, "fanotify:
> FMODE_NONOTIFY and __O_SYNC in sparc conflict"), and all of this
> will happen again -- so update the uniqueness check in fcntl_init()
> to include __FMODE_NONOTIFY.

What are the user-visible runtime effects of the bug?

Please always include this info when fixing bugs, so people can work
out which kernel version(s) need the fix.

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