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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fcntl.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c index 5f96786d1c73..dc4a7007f4e7 100644 --- a/fs/fcntl.c +++ b/fs/fcntl.c @@ -208,8 +208,11 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg) struct inode * inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode; int error = 0; - /* O_APPEND cannot be cleared if the file is marked as append-only */ - if (!(arg & O_APPEND) && IS_APPEND(inode)) + /* + * O_APPEND cannot be cleared if the file is marked as append-only + * and the file is open for write. + */ + if (((arg ^ filp->f_flags) & O_APPEND) && IS_APPEND(inode)) return -EPERM; /* O_NOATIME can only be set by the owner or superuser */ |