Re: [PATCH] udf: fix uid/gid options and add uid/gid=ignore and forget options

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
> This patch corrects the incorrect patch previously applied in
> commit 4d6660eb3665f22d16aff466eb9d45df6102b254.  I had posted
> the correction as a reply on lkml, but it seems that the earlier
> and incorrect patch got merged into Linus's tree.

I didn't see that update, and I don't miss much.

> --- a/fs/udf/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
> @@ -1341,13 +1341,11 @@ udf_update_inode(struct inode *inode, in
> 
> 	if (UDF_QUERY_FLAG(inode->i_sb, UDF_FLAG_UID_FORGET))
> 		fe->uid = cpu_to_le32(-1);
> -	else if (inode->i_uid != UDF_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_uid)
> -		fe->uid = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_uid);
> +	else fe->uid = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_uid);
> 
> 	if (UDF_QUERY_FLAG(inode->i_sb, UDF_FLAG_GID_FORGET))
> 		fe->gid = cpu_to_le32(-1);
> -	else if (inode->i_gid != UDF_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_gid)
> -		fe->gid = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_gid);
> +	else fe->gid = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_gid);
> 
> 	udfperms =	((inode->i_mode & S_IRWXO)     ) |
> 			((inode->i_mode & S_IRWXG) << 2) |

This is an unchangelogged alteration.

Please provide a description of this change.  What problem is it fixing? 
How does it fix it?  What are the consequences of not making this change?

Thanks.
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