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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-02-07 10:43:36 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-02-07 10:43:36 +1100
commit6cb6524d90b6e5497e79a1474bdb2f26755d1c02 (patch)
treefd475ac8f57a6bd39c976056324d1bc79d11b4c9 /fs/fcntl.c
parent837e9594fc3cb9a06bddd7ecf66151334a2e13d2 (diff)
parent410c05427a69f53851637ccb85c2212131409fbd (diff)
Merge ../linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/fcntl.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/fcntl.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 5f96786d1c7..dc4a7007f4e 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -208,8 +208,11 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg)
struct inode * inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
int error = 0;
- /* O_APPEND cannot be cleared if the file is marked as append-only */
- if (!(arg & O_APPEND) && IS_APPEND(inode))
+ /*
+ * O_APPEND cannot be cleared if the file is marked as append-only
+ * and the file is open for write.
+ */
+ if (((arg ^ filp->f_flags) & O_APPEND) && IS_APPEND(inode))
return -EPERM;
/* O_NOATIME can only be set by the owner or superuser */