1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ext2_fs.h b/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
index 78c775a83f7c..121720d74e15 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
@@ -194,6 +194,30 @@ struct ext2_group_desc
 #define EXT2_FL_USER_VISIBLE            FS_FL_USER_VISIBLE      /* User visible flags */
 #define EXT2_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE         FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE   /* User modifiable flags */
 
+/* Flags that should be inherited by new inodes from their parent. */
+#define EXT2_FL_INHERITED (EXT2_SECRM_FL | EXT2_UNRM_FL | EXT2_COMPR_FL |\
+                           EXT2_SYNC_FL | EXT2_IMMUTABLE_FL | EXT2_APPEND_FL |\
+                           EXT2_NODUMP_FL | EXT2_NOATIME_FL | EXT2_COMPRBLK_FL|\
+                           EXT2_NOCOMP_FL | EXT2_JOURNAL_DATA_FL |\
+                           EXT2_NOTAIL_FL | EXT2_DIRSYNC_FL)
+
+/* Flags that are appropriate for regular files (all but dir-specific ones). */
+#define EXT2_REG_FLMASK (~(EXT2_DIRSYNC_FL | EXT2_TOPDIR_FL))
+
+/* Flags that are appropriate for non-directories/regular files. */
+#define EXT2_OTHER_FLMASK (EXT2_NODUMP_FL | EXT2_NOATIME_FL)
+
+/* Mask out flags that are inappropriate for the given type of inode. */
+static inline __u32 ext2_mask_flags(umode_t mode, __u32 flags)
+{
+        if (S_ISDIR(mode))
+                return flags;
+        else if (S_ISREG(mode))
+                return flags & EXT2_REG_FLMASK;
+        else
+                return flags & EXT2_OTHER_FLMASK;
+}
+
 /*
  * ioctl commands
  */