linux-ext4 - [PATCH 17/32] ext4: fix credits calculation for xattr inode

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:21:27 -0700
From:   Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
To:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 17/32] ext4: fix credits calculation for xattr inode

When there is no space for a value in xattr block, it may be stored
in an xattr inode even if the value length is less than
EXT4_XATTR_MIN_LARGE_EA_SIZE(). So the current assumption in credits
calculation is wrong.

Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
---
 fs/ext4/xattr.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 739f73a5a345..dcf7ec98f138 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1590,8 +1590,7 @@ ext4_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if ((value_len >= EXT4_XATTR_MIN_LARGE_EA_SIZE(sb->s_blocksize)) &&
-	    ext4_has_feature_ea_inode(sb)) {
+	if (ext4_has_feature_ea_inode(sb)) {
 		int nrblocks = (value_len + sb->s_blocksize - 1) >>
 					sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 
-- 
2.13.1.611.g7e3b11ae1-goog