* Device files on read-only file systems?
@ 2011-08-15 13:11 Jeff Mahoney
2011-08-15 14:58 ` Chris Mason
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From: Jeff Mahoney @ 2011-08-15 13:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Btrfs Development List
Hi all -
btrfs_permission currently returns -EROFS when the root is set read-only
and the open is requested read-write. It doesn't make an exception for
device files. Is this intentional?
-Jeff
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Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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* Re: Device files on read-only file systems?
2011-08-15 13:11 Device files on read-only file systems? Jeff Mahoney
@ 2011-08-15 14:58 ` Chris Mason
2011-08-15 17:19 ` Jeff Mahoney
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From: Chris Mason @ 2011-08-15 14:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Mahoney; +Cc: Btrfs Development List
Excerpts from Jeff Mahoney's message of 2011-08-15 09:11:24 -0400:
> Hi all -
>
> btrfs_permission currently returns -EROFS when the root is set read-only
> and the open is requested read-write. It doesn't make an exception for
> device files. Is this intentional?
No, definitely not intentional.
-chris
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* Re: Device files on read-only file systems?
2011-08-15 14:58 ` Chris Mason
@ 2011-08-15 17:19 ` Jeff Mahoney
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From: Jeff Mahoney @ 2011-08-15 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Mason; +Cc: Btrfs Development List
On 08/15/2011 10:58 AM, Chris Mason wrote:
> Excerpts from Jeff Mahoney's message of 2011-08-15 09:11:24 -0400:
>> Hi all -
>>
>> btrfs_permission currently returns -EROFS when the root is set read-only
>> and the open is requested read-write. It doesn't make an exception for
>> device files. Is this intentional?
>
> No, definitely not intentional.
Ok. I'll post a patch in a few minutes.
-Jeff
--
Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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