Re: O_TMPFILE fs corruption (Re: Linux 3.11-rc4) [LWN.net]

From:		Christoph Hellwig <hch-AT-infradead.org>
To:		Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org>
Subject:		Re: O_TMPFILE fs corruption (Re: Linux 3.11-rc4)
Date:		Mon, 5 Aug 2013 01:26:46 -0700
Message-ID:		<20130805082646.GA14689@infradead.org>
Cc:		Andy Lutomirski <luto-AT-mit.edu>, Al Viro <viro-AT-zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org>
Archive-link:		Article, Thread

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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