make sure 'value' is not null. otherwise __ceph_setxattr will remove the extended attribute. Signed-off-by: Yan, Zheng <zyan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ceph/xattr.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c index 678b0d2..5a492ca 100644 --- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c @@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static int ceph_sync_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist = NULL; int err; - if (value) { + if (size > 0) { /* copy value into pagelist */ pagelist = kmalloc(sizeof(*pagelist), GFP_NOFS); if (!pagelist) @@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ static int ceph_sync_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, value, size); if (err) goto out; - } else { + } else if (!value) { flags |= CEPH_XATTR_REMOVE; } @@ -1001,6 +1001,9 @@ int ceph_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN)) return generic_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags); + if (size == 0) + value = ""; /* empty EA, do not remove */ + return __ceph_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags); } -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html