From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 12843] New: add mount option 'mode' to ramfs same as tmpfs Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:52:19 -0700 Message-ID: <20090309145219.1bd7072c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, matimatik@gmail.com To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:60977 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752580AbZCIV4F (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:56:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:16:13 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12843 > > Summary: add mount option 'mode' to ramfs same as tmpfs > Product: File System > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: any > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: enhancement > Priority: P1 > Component: Other > AssignedTo: fs_other@kernel-bugs.osdl.org > ReportedBy: matimatik@gmail.com > > > Latest working kernel version: > Earliest failing kernel version: > Distribution: > Hardware Environment: > Software Environment: > Problem Description: > > I use ramfs instead of tmpfs for /tmp because I don't use swap on my laptop. > Some apps need 1777 mode for /tmp directory, but ramfs does not support 'mode=' > mount option. I'll be happy if I shall not invent workarounds for this small, > but offensive truble. I think this feature (mode=) will not increase code too > much and is not too hard to implement, but will be very usefull. > A feature request!