linux-ext4 - [PATCH 60/74] libext2fs: ensure that inline data is always written to ibody

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Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:24:58 -0800
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:	tytso@....edu, darrick.wong@...cle.com
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 60/74] libext2fs: ensure that inline data is always written to
 ibody

When writing xattrs to disk, move the inline_data attribute to the
front of the list so that inline data always ends up in the inode body
(and not a separate EA block).

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
---
 lib/ext2fs/ext_attr.c |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)


diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/ext_attr.c b/lib/ext2fs/ext_attr.c
index e69275e..50f7300 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/ext_attr.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/ext_attr.c
@@ -238,6 +238,24 @@ static struct ea_name_index ea_names[] = {
 	{0, NULL},
 };
 
+static void move_inline_data_to_front(struct ext2_xattr_handle *h)
+{
+	struct ext2_xattr *x;
+	struct ext2_xattr tmp;
+
+	for (x = h->attrs + 1; x < h->attrs + h->length; x++) {
+		if (!x->name)
+			continue;
+
+		if (strcmp(x->name, "system.data") == 0) {
+			memcpy(&tmp, x, sizeof(tmp));
+			memcpy(x, h->attrs, sizeof(tmp));
+			memcpy(h->attrs, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static const char *find_ea_prefix(int index)
 {
 	struct ea_name_index *e;
@@ -484,6 +502,8 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_xattrs_write(struct ext2_xattr_handle *handle)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	move_inline_data_to_front(handle);
+
 	x = handle->attrs;
 	/* Does the inode have size for EA? */
 	if (EXT2_INODE_SIZE(handle->fs->super) <= EXT2_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE +

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