Re: [PATCH v3] fs: add a new SB_I_NOUMASK flag

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:25:50 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> SB_POSIXACL must be set when a filesystem supports POSIX ACLs, but NFSv4
> also sets this flag to prevent the VFS from applying the umask on
> newly-created files. NFSv4 doesn't support POSIX ACLs however, which
> causes confusion when other subsystems try to test for them.
> 
> Add a new SB_I_NOUMASK flag that allows filesystems to opt-in to umask
> stripping without advertising support for POSIX ACLs. Set the new flag
> on NFSv4 instead of SB_POSIXACL.
> 
> [...]

Fine by me and removes hacking around this by abusing the POSIX ACL api.

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Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/1] fs: add a new SB_I_NOUMASK flag
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/34618fcb9fae