[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fix ocfs2_init_security_and_acl() to initialize acl correctly

[Jeff Liu]

Hi Andrew,

On 02/23/2013 05:21 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:15:46 +0800
> Jeff Liu <jeff.liu at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> We need to re-initialize the security if it isn't preserved for ocfs2_reflink().
>> however, the code logic is broken at ocfs2_init_security_and_acl() although
>> ocfs2_init_security_get() succeed, as a result, ocfs2_acl_init() does not involked.
> 
> When writing a changelog, please describe the end-user-visible effects
> of the bug, so that others can more easily decide which kernel
> version(s) should be fixed, and so that downstream kernel maintainers
> can more easily work out whether this patch will fix a problem which
> they or their customers are observing.
Thanks for your teaching, I'll take care of it next time.

Regards,
-Jeff