From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> Introduce path_removexattr(). Make vfs_removexattr() static. mnt_want_write()/mnt_drop_write() were completely missing for the *removexattr() syscalls. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 2 +- fs/xattr.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- include/linux/xattr.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) Index: vfs-2.6/fs/nfsd/vfs.c =================================================================== --- vfs-2.6.orig/fs/nfsd/vfs.c 2008-04-02 21:44:44.000000000 +0200 +++ vfs-2.6/fs/nfsd/vfs.c 2008-04-02 21:45:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ nfsd_set_posix_acl(struct svc_fh *fhp, i if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && type == ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT) error = 0; else { - error = vfs_removexattr(fhp->fh_dentry, name); + error = path_removexattr(&path, name); if (error == -ENODATA) error = 0; } Index: vfs-2.6/fs/xattr.c =================================================================== --- vfs-2.6.orig/fs/xattr.c 2008-04-02 21:44:44.000000000 +0200 +++ vfs-2.6/fs/xattr.c 2008-04-02 21:45:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ vfs_listxattr(struct dentry *d, char *li } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_listxattr); -int +static int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name) { struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; @@ -224,8 +224,19 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, c fsnotify_xattr(dentry); return error; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_removexattr); +int path_removexattr(struct path *path, char *name) +{ + int error = mnt_want_write(path->mnt); + + if (!error) { + error = vfs_removexattr(path->dentry, name); + mnt_drop_write(path->mnt); + } + + return error; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_removexattr); /* * Extended attribute SET operations @@ -471,7 +482,7 @@ sys_flistxattr(int fd, char __user *list * Extended attribute REMOVE operations */ static long -removexattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *name) +removexattr(struct path *path, char __user *name) { int error; char kname[XATTR_NAME_MAX + 1]; @@ -482,7 +493,7 @@ removexattr(struct dentry *d, char __use if (error < 0) return error; - return vfs_removexattr(d, kname); + return path_removexattr(path, kname); } asmlinkage long @@ -494,7 +505,7 @@ sys_removexattr(char __user *path, char error = user_path_walk(path, &nd); if (error) return error; - error = removexattr(nd.path.dentry, name); + error = removexattr(&nd.path, name); path_put(&nd.path); return error; } @@ -508,7 +519,7 @@ sys_lremovexattr(char __user *path, char error = user_path_walk_link(path, &nd); if (error) return error; - error = removexattr(nd.path.dentry, name); + error = removexattr(&nd.path, name); path_put(&nd.path); return error; } @@ -525,7 +536,7 @@ sys_fremovexattr(int fd, char __user *na return error; dentry = f->f_path.dentry; audit_inode(NULL, dentry); - error = removexattr(dentry, name); + error = removexattr(&f->f_path, name); fput(f); return error; } Index: vfs-2.6/include/linux/xattr.h =================================================================== --- vfs-2.6.orig/include/linux/xattr.h 2008-04-02 21:44:44.000000000 +0200 +++ vfs-2.6/include/linux/xattr.h 2008-04-02 21:45:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ssize_t xattr_getsecurity(struct inode * ssize_t vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *, char *, void *, size_t); ssize_t vfs_listxattr(struct dentry *d, char *list, size_t size); int path_setxattr(struct path *, char *, void *, size_t, int); -int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, char *); +int path_removexattr(struct path *, char *); ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size); ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html