[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH v2] ocfs2: should not use le32_add_cpu to set ocfs2_dinode i_flags

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 30 May 2013 12:49:46 +0800 Joseph Qi <joseph.qi at huawei.com> wrote:

> If we use le32_add_cpu to set ocfs2_dinode i_flags, it may lead to the
> corresponding flag corrupted. So we should change it to bitwise and/or
> operation.
> 

The usual question: what is the end-user impact of the bug which was
just fixed?

For the usual reason: so I and others can decide which kernel versions
need the fix.

Thanks.