linux-kernel - [PATCH 21/22] staging: lustre: llite: correct removexattr detection

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Date:   Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:15:10 -0400
From:   James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
        Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lustre Development List <lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org>,
        James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>,
        "John L. Hammond" <john.hammond@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 21/22] staging: lustre: llite: correct removexattr detection

In ll_xattr_set_common() detect the removexattr() case correctly by
testing for a NULL value as well as XATTR_REPLACE.

Signed-off-by: John L. Hammond <john.hammond@...el.com>
Intel-bug-id: https://jira.hpdd.intel.com/browse/LU-10787
Reviewed-on: https://review.whamcloud.com/
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Eremin <dmitry.eremin@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: James Simmons <uja.ornl@...oo.com>
Signed-off-by: James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
index e835c8e..1a597a6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ static int ll_xattr_set_common(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	u64 valid;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (flags == XATTR_REPLACE) {
+	/* When setxattr() is called with a size of 0 the value is
+	 * unconditionally replaced by "". When removexattr() is
+	 * called we get a NULL value and XATTR_REPLACE for flags.
+	 */
+	if (!value && flags == XATTR_REPLACE) {
 		ll_stats_ops_tally(ll_i2sbi(inode), LPROC_LL_REMOVEXATTR, 1);
 		valid = OBD_MD_FLXATTRRM;
 	} else {
-- 
1.8.3.1