On Mon, 5 May 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
>
> hpfs_unlink() calls notify_change() to truncate the file before
> deleting. Replace with explicit call to hpfs_notify_change().
>
> This is equivalent, except that:
> - security_inode_setattr() is not called before hpfs_notify_change()
> - fsnotify_change() is not called after hpfs_notify_change()
>
> The truncation is just an implementation detail, so both the security
> check and the notification are unnecessary.
>
> Possibly even the ctime modification is wrong?
Ok, commit it.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/hpfs/namei.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/hpfs/namei.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/hpfs/namei.c 2008-05-05 11:29:20.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/hpfs/namei.c 2008-05-05 11:29:26.000000000 +0200
> @@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ again:
> /*printk("HPFS: truncating file before delete.\n");*/
> newattrs.ia_size = 0;
> newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_CTIME;
> - err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
> + newattrs.ia_ctime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
> + err = hpfs_notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
> put_write_access(inode);
> if (!err)
> goto again;
>
> --
>
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