linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 06/32] ext4: ea_inode owner should be the same as the inode owner

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Message-ID: <20170622012825.arh4lsnybfh4g3n6@thunk.org>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:28:26 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/32] ext4: ea_inode owner should be the same as the
 inode owner

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 02:21:16PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> Quota charging is based on the ownership of the inode. Currently, the
> xattr inode owner is set to the caller which may be different from the
> parent inode owner. This is inconsistent with how quota is charged for
> xattr block and regular data block writes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>

Thanks, added to the ext4 patch queue.

					- Ted