Adding an extended attribute to a symbolic link can force that link to an remote extent. xfs_inactive() incorrectly assumes that any symbolic link small enough to be in the inode core is incore, the remote extent is not cleaned and xfs_ifree() asserts on presence the remote extent. Signed-off-by: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@xxxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c =================================================================== --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ xfs_inactive( /* * Zero length symlinks _can_ exist. */ - if (ip->i_d.di_size > XFS_IFORK_DSIZE(ip)) { + if (ip->i_d.di_nextents) { error = xfs_inactive_symlink_rmt(ip, &tp); if (error) goto out_cancel; _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs