linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/32] ext4: extended attribute value size limit is enforced by vfs

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:21:19 -0700
From:   Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
To:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/32] ext4: extended attribute value size limit is enforced by vfs

EXT4_XATTR_MAX_LARGE_EA_SIZE definition in ext4 is currently unused.
Besides, vfs enforces its own 64k limit which makes the 1MB limit in
ext4 redundant. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 5d5fc0d0e2bc..2cdd6070e348 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2220,12 +2220,6 @@ struct mmpd_data {
  */
 #define EXT4_MMP_MAX_CHECK_INTERVAL	300UL
 
-/*
- * Maximum size of xattr attributes for FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EA_INODE 1Mb
- * This limit is arbitrary, but is reasonable for the xattr API.
- */
-#define EXT4_XATTR_MAX_LARGE_EA_SIZE    (1024 * 1024)
-
 /*
  * Function prototypes
  */
-- 
2.13.1.611.g7e3b11ae1-goog