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Date:   Fri, 22 May 2020 15:11:45 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>
Cc:     jack@...e.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext2: fix incorrect i_op for special inode

On Fri 22-05-20 12:40:34, Chengguang Xu wrote:
> We should always set &ext2_special_inode_operations to i_op
> for special inode regardless of CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR setting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>

Thanks. I've applied both patches. I've just slightly expanded changelog of
this patch to better explain the implications of the change.

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext2/namei.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
> index ccfbbf59e2fc..1a5421a34ef7 100644
> --- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
> @@ -136,9 +136,7 @@ static int ext2_mknod (struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
>  	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
>  	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
>  		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
>  		inode->i_op = &ext2_special_inode_operations;
> -#endif
>  		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
>  		err = ext2_add_nondir(dentry, inode);
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR