Usually this is the only function which called before inode attributes manipulation. In fact inode_change_ok() performs only posix checks. But it new_size check is also important. Otherwise we mail fail in very late stage. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/attr.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- include/linux/fs.h | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c index b1cc391..cc2a801 100644 --- a/fs/attr.c +++ b/fs/attr.c @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ /* Taken over from the old code... */ /* POSIX UID/GID verification for setting inode attributes. */ -int inode_change_ok(const struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr) +int inode_change_posix_ok(const struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr) { int retval = -EPERM; unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid; @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fine: error: return retval; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_change_ok); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_change_posix_ok); /** * inode_newsize_ok - may this inode be truncated to a given size @@ -105,6 +105,21 @@ out_big: } EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_newsize_ok); +/* + * General verification for setting inode attributes. + */ +int inode_change_ok(const struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr) +{ + int ret; + ret = inode_change_posix_ok(inode, attr); + if (ret) + return ret; + if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) + ret = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size); + return ret; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_change_ok); + void __inode_setattr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * attr) { unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 18b7be8..eee26ea 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2371,8 +2371,9 @@ extern int buffer_migrate_page(struct address_space *, #define buffer_migrate_page NULL #endif -extern int inode_change_ok(const struct inode *, struct iattr *); +extern int inode_change_posix_ok(const struct inode *, struct iattr *); extern int inode_newsize_ok(const struct inode *, loff_t offset); +extern int inode_change_ok(const struct inode *, struct iattr *); extern void __inode_setattr(struct inode *, struct iattr *); extern int __must_check inode_setattr(struct inode *, struct iattr *); -- 1.6.6 -- 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