linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/2] ext2: fix incorrect i

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Date:   Fri, 22 May 2020 12:40:34 +0800
From:   Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>
To:     jack@...e.com
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ext2: fix incorrect i_op for special inode

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>
---
 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