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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xattr.c | 55 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/xattr.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c index 1c3d0af59dd..6d4f6d3449f 100644 --- a/fs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/xattr.c @@ -66,22 +66,28 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask) return inode_permission(inode, mask); } -int -vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, - size_t size, int flags) +/** + * __vfs_setxattr_noperm - perform setxattr operation without performing + * permission checks. + * + * @dentry - object to perform setxattr on + * @name - xattr name to set + * @value - value to set @name to + * @size - size of @value + * @flags - flags to pass into filesystem operations + * + * returns the result of the internal setxattr or setsecurity operations. + * + * This function requires the caller to lock the inode's i_mutex before it + * is executed. It also assumes that the caller will make the appropriate + * permission checks. + */ +int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, + const void *value, size_t size, int flags) { struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; - int error; - - error = xattr_permission(inode, name, MAY_WRITE); - if (error) - return error; + int error = -EOPNOTSUPP; - mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); - error = security_inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags); - if (error) - goto out; - error = -EOPNOTSUPP; if (inode->i_op->setxattr) { error = inode->i_op->setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags); if (!error) { @@ -97,6 +103,29 @@ vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, if (!error) fsnotify_xattr(dentry); } + + return error; +} + + +int +vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, + size_t size, int flags) +{ + struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; + int error; + + error = xattr_permission(inode, name, MAY_WRITE); + if (error) + return error; + + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); + error = security_inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags); + if (error) + goto out; + + error = __vfs_setxattr_noperm(dentry, name, value, size, flags); + out: mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); return error; diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h index d131e352cfe..5c84af8c5f6 100644 --- a/include/linux/xattr.h +++ b/include/linux/xattr.h @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct xattr_handler { ssize_t xattr_getsecurity(struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t); ssize_t vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t); ssize_t vfs_listxattr(struct dentry *d, char *list, size_t size); +int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int); int vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int); int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *); |