Re: [PATCH] fs/affs: Fix basic permission bits to actually work

From: David Sterba
Date: Mon Aug 31 2020 - 05:40:06 EST


On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 05:49:00PM +0200, Max Staudt wrote:
> The basic permission bits (protection bits in AmigaOS) have been broken
> in Linux' affs - it would only set bits, but never delete them.
> Also, contrary to the documentation, the Archived bit was not handled.
>
> Let's fix this for good, and set the bits such that Linux and classic
> AmigaOS can coexist in the most peaceful manner.
>
> Also, update the documentation to represent the current state of things.
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Max Staudt <max@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, patch looks good to me, I'll send a pull request to Linus this
week.