Re: [PATCH -v3] vfs: make unlink() and rmdir() return ENOENT in preferenceto EROFS

From: Michael Tokarev
Date: Tue Jun 07 2011 - 10:16:27 EST


07.06.2011 03:19, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> If user space attempts to remove a non-existent file or directory, and
> the file system is mounted read-only, return ENOENT instead of EROFS.
> Either error code is arguably valid/correct, but ENOENT is a more
> specific error message.
>
> Reported-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>

Thank you very much for this patch. I had no chance to test it before,
now I've tested it and it works as expected - now both rm(1) and rmdir(1)
behave correctly, and git rm works too.

It's interesting to note that it's been this way for several years
(when the change occured?), and there has been no complains so far... ;)

Thanks!

/mjt
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