Re: [PATCH] Implement immutable/append-only flags in XFS #5

[Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 04:23:40AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 10:12:34AM +1000, Nathan Scott wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 09:02:03PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> > > ...
> > > However during my testing I did discover 3 issues:
> > > 
> > > 1: The Linux VFS contains a bug which allows timestamp modification of
> > >    immutable/append-only files.  I have fixed this issue, and will send
> > >    the patch to the linux-kernel mailing list shortly.  I have included
> > >    that patch in this mail for completeness.
> > 
> > Any luck getting your VFS patch accepted Ethan?
> 
> no, it was ignored.  Eric suggested i should send it to fsdevel
> instead, ill do that whenever i get around to it.
> 

For a bug fix, I would instead create a 2.6-current patch and send it
to Andrew Morton with a detailed description of the problem and your
solution.  Once it is in an acceptable form for 2.6, it becomes much
more likely to be merged into the 2.4 tree.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan