Bug 668915

Summary: setfacl does not update ctime when changing file permission on ext3/4
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Mark Wu <dwu>
Component: kernelAssignee: Eric Sandeen <esandeen>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Boris Ranto <branto>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 6.0CC: branto, eguan, esandeen, rwheeler, yugzhang
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-112.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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: 668916 709224 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-23 20:35:41 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Blocks: 668916, 709224, 969322, 969323    

Description Mark Wu 2011-01-12 02:30:37 UTC 
Description of problem:
setfacl does not update ctime when changing file permission on ext3/4

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL6 GA (2.6.32-71.el6) 

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
 # touch aaa
 # stat -c %Z aaa
 1275289822
 # setfacl -m  'u::x,g::x,o::x' aaa
 # stat -c %Z aaa
 1275289822                         <- unchanged
  
Actual results:
ctime is not updated after setfacl

Expected results:
ctime is updated after setfacl

Additional info:
These two issues are already fixed in upstream:

・ext3: update ctime when changing the file's permission by setfacl
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=30e2bab2d6e22188c6d36a09cdcffb4748d2dbe5

- This problem is solved on ext4 by the following patch file merged in kernel-2.6.36.
・ext4: update ctime when changing the file's permission by setfacl
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c6ac12a6159c802ae8b757dd13563564e64333df
Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-13 22:51:11 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Comment 3 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-02-03 17:25:36 UTC 
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-112.el6
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-23 20:35:41 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0542.html