Create nameidata2 struct xattr_permission so that it does not pass NULL to permission. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher --- fs/xattr.c | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/fs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/xattr.c @@ -25,8 +25,16 @@ * because different namespaces have very different rules. */ static int -xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask) +xattr_permission(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt, const char *name, + int mask) { + struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; + struct nameidata2 nd; + + nd.dentry = dentry; + nd.mnt = mnt; + nd.flags = 0; + /* * We can never set or remove an extended attribute on a read-only * filesystem or on an immutable / append-only inode. @@ -65,7 +73,7 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, co return -EPERM; } - return permission(inode, mask, NULL); + return permission(inode, mask, &nd); } int @@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, stru struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; int error; - error = xattr_permission(inode, name, MAY_WRITE); + error = xattr_permission(dentry, mnt, name, MAY_WRITE); if (error) return error; @@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, stru struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; int error; - error = xattr_permission(inode, name, MAY_READ); + error = xattr_permission(dentry, mnt, name, MAY_READ); if (error) return error; @@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, s if (!inode->i_op->removexattr) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - error = xattr_permission(inode, name, MAY_WRITE); + error = xattr_permission(dentry, mnt, name, MAY_WRITE); if (error) return error; -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/