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[PATCH] fcntl F_SETFL and read-only IS_APPEND files
authordean gaudet <dean@arctic.org>
Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:04:30 +0000 (03:04 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:32:07 +0000 (08:32 -0800)
commit7d95c8f27d9be65bf160f1edaf653d33dfceb58c
tree2e232ef2fccb1e6c81616bd9f3a56a0676549a8a
parent8b3e09e19932835fb77c63aaf3b1af6117e78871
[PATCH] fcntl F_SETFL and read-only IS_APPEND files

There is code in setfl() which attempts to preserve the O_APPEND flag on
IS_APPEND files...  however IS_APPEND files could also be opened O_RDONLY
and in that case setfl() should not require O_APPEND...

coreutils 5.93 tail -f attempts to set O_NONBLOCK even on regular files...
unfortunately if you try this on an append-only log file the result is
this:

fcntl64(3, F_GETFL)                     = 0x8000 (flags O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)
fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)

I offer up the patch below as one way of fixing the problem...  i've tested
it fixes the problem with tail -f but haven't really tested beyond that.

(I also reported the coreutils bug upstream... it shouldn't fail imho...
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=15473>)

Signed-off-by: dean gaudet <dean@arctic.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
fs/fcntl.c