3 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/props.c b/props.c
index c09865b3..04b9e5f1 100644
--- a/props.c
+++ b/props.c
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ static int prop_compression(enum prop_object_type type,
 	DIR *dirstream = NULL;
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	char *xattr_name = NULL;
+	int open_flags = value ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY;
 
-	fd = open_file_or_dir(object, &dirstream);
+	fd = open_file_or_dir3(object, &dirstream, open_flags);
 	if (fd == -1) {
 		ret = -errno;
 		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: open %s failed. %s\n",
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 187ad3b9..44c0e4ab 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ u64 parse_size(char *s)
 	return strtoull(s, NULL, 10) * mult;
 }
 
-int open_file_or_dir(const char *fname, DIR **dirstream)
+int open_file_or_dir3(const char *fname, DIR **dirstream, int open_flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct stat st;
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ int open_file_or_dir(const char *fname, DIR **dirstream)
 			return -1;
 		fd = dirfd(*dirstream);
 	} else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-		fd = open(fname, O_RDWR);
+		fd = open(fname, open_flags);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * we set this on purpose, in case the caller output
@@ -1655,6 +1655,11 @@ int open_file_or_dir(const char *fname, DIR **dirstream)
 	return fd;
 }
 
+int open_file_or_dir(const char *fname, DIR **dirstream)
+{
+	return open_file_or_dir3(fname, dirstream, O_RDWR);
+}
+
 void close_file_or_dir(int fd, DIR *dirstream)
 {
 	if (dirstream)
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 3c62066a..db8d63c3 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ int btrfs_scan_block_devices(int run_ioctl);
 u64 parse_size(char *s);
 u64 arg_strtou64(const char *str);
 int open_file_or_dir(const char *fname, DIR **dirstream);
+int open_file_or_dir3(const char *fname, DIR **dirstream, int open_flags);
 void close_file_or_dir(int fd, DIR *dirstream);
 int get_fs_info(char *path, struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args *fi_args,
 		struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_info_args **di_ret);