From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> commit e445976537ad139162980bee015b7364e5b64fff upstream. 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> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 7dcf5c3e4527 ("xfs: add RENAME_WHITEOUT support") Reported-by: Ayushman Dutta <ayudutta@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c @@ -3128,7 +3128,6 @@ xfs_rename( * 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;