Re: [regression, bisected] Bug 216738 - Adding O_APPEND to O_RDWR with fcntl(fd, F_SETFL) does not work on overlayfs

From: Al Viro
Date: Thu Nov 24 2022 - 23:09:32 EST


On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 09:33:54PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > I could pick it in vfs.git #fixes, or Miklos could put it through his tree.
> > Miklos, which way would you prefer that to go?
>
> I'll pick this into #overlayfs-next, as a PR for this cycle is needed anyway.

OK... FWIW, I wonder if exposing setfl() would and using it instead of
open-coding would be a good idea - these two are very close to each other...