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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/jfs/xattr.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jfs/xattr.c b/fs/jfs/xattr.c index 4c7985ebca92..b753ba216450 100644 --- a/fs/jfs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/jfs/xattr.c @@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ static int can_set_system_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, return -EOPNOTSUPP; } +/* + * Most of the permission checking is done by xattr_permission in the vfs. + * The local file system is responsible for handling the system.* namespace. + * We also need to verify that this is a namespace that we recognize. + */ static int can_set_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *value, size_t value_len) { @@ -771,10 +776,6 @@ static int can_set_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, strncmp(name, XATTR_OS2_PREFIX, XATTR_OS2_PREFIX_LEN)) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && - (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || inode->i_mode &S_ISVTX)) - return -EPERM; - return 0; } |