linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: do not try to set xattr into ea

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Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:47:40 -0500
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     "zhangyi (F)" <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: do not try to set xattr into ea_inode if value is
 empty

On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 08:05:08PM +0800, zhangyi (F) wrote:
> Syzbot report a warning that ext4 may create an empty ea_inode if set
> an empty extent attribute to a file on the file system which is no free
> blocks left.

I'll apply this, but can you tell us which syzbot warning this
addresses so we can mark the commit appropriately?

Many thanks!!

					- Ted