On 11/30/21 11:17 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
This ASSERT in xfs_rename is a) incorrect, because
(RENAME_WHITEOUT|RENAME_NOREPLACE) is a valid combination, and
b) unnecessary, because actual invalid flag combinations are already
handled at the vfs level in do_renameat2() before we get called.
So, remove it.
Reported-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 64b9bf3..6771f35 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -3122,7 +3122,6 @@ struct xfs_iunlink {
* appropriately.
*/
if (flags & RENAME_WHITEOUT) {
- ASSERT(!(flags & (RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_EXCHANGE)));
error = xfs_rename_alloc_whiteout(mnt_userns, target_dp, &wip);
if (error)
return error;
Ugh, I don't understand this flavor of whitespace mangling I'm getting now,
I'm sorry :(
