1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index b745619a9b8e..d76800f6ecf0 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -185,6 +185,23 @@ struct ext3_group_desc
                            EXT3_NOCOMPR_FL | EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL |\
                            EXT3_NOTAIL_FL | EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL)
 
+/* Flags that are appropriate for regular files (all but dir-specific ones). */
+#define EXT3_REG_FLMASK (~(EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL | EXT3_TOPDIR_FL))
+
+/* Flags that are appropriate for non-directories/regular files. */
+#define EXT3_OTHER_FLMASK (EXT3_NODUMP_FL | EXT3_NOATIME_FL)
+
+/* Mask out flags that are inappropriate for the given type of inode. */
+static inline __u32 ext3_mask_flags(umode_t mode, __u32 flags)
+{
+        if (S_ISDIR(mode))
+                return flags;
+        else if (S_ISREG(mode))
+                return flags & EXT3_REG_FLMASK;
+        else
+                return flags & EXT3_OTHER_FLMASK;
+}
+
 /*
  * Inode dynamic state flags
  */