linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: xattr: rewrite simple_xattr

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:59:35 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: xattr: rewrite simple_xattr_set()

Hello,

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com> wrote:
>> So, it returns 0 on success and 1 on failure, which in itself isn't a
>> particularly good idea.
>
> you mean it should return -ENODATA instead?

Yeap, this is a bug, right?  We end up passing that 1 to the set_xattr caller.

-- 
tejun
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