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2010-05-21ocfs: constify xattr_handlerStephen Hemminger
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-05-18ocfs2: Don't retry xattr set in case value extension fails.Tao Ma
In normal xattr set, the set sequence is inode, xattr block and finally xattr bucket if we meet with a ENOSPC. But there is a corner case. So consider we will set a xattr whose value will be stored in a cluster, and there is no xattr block by now. So we will reserve 1 xattr block and 1 cluster for setting it. Now if we fail in value extension(in case the volume is almost full and we can't allocate the cluster because the check in ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable), ENOSPC will be returned. So we will try to create a bucket(this time there is a chance that the reserved cluster will be used), and when we try value extension again, kernel bug happens. We did meet with it. Check the bug below. http://oss.oracle.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1251 This patch just try to avoid this by adding a set_abort in ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt, so in case ENOSPC happens in value extension, we will check whether it is caused by the real ENOSPC or just the full of inode or xattr block. If it is the first case, we set set_abort so that we don't try any further. we are safe to exit directly here ince it is really ENOSPC. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-05-18ocfs2: Reset xattr value size after xa_cleanup_value_truncate().Tao Ma
In ocfs2_prepare_xattr_entry, if we fail to grow an existing value, xa_cleanup_value_truncate() will leave the old entry in place. Thus, we reset its value size. However, if we were allocating a new value, we must not reset the value size or we will BUG(). This resolves oss.oracle.com bug 1247. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-03-22ocfs2: Free block to the right block group.Tao Ma
In case the block we are going to free is allocated from a discontiguous block group, we have to use suballoc_loc to be the right group. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2010-03-26ocfs2: Set suballoc_loc on allocated metadata.Joel Becker
Get the suballoc_loc from ocfs2_claim_new_inode() or ocfs2_claim_metadata(). Store it on the appropriate field of the block we just allocated. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-05-06ocfs2: ocfs2_claim_*() don't need an ocfs2_super argument.Joel Becker
They all take an ocfs2_alloc_context, which has the allocation inode. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2010-05-05ocfs2: Make ocfs2_extend_trans() really extend.Tao Ma
In ocfs2, we use ocfs2_extend_trans() to extend a journal handle's blocks. But if jbd2_journal_extend() fails, it will only restart with the the new number of blocks. This tends to be awkward since in most cases we want additional reserved blocks. It makes our code harder to mantain since the caller can't be sure all the original blocks will not be accessed and dirtied again. There are 15 callers of ocfs2_extend_trans() in fs/ocfs2, and 12 of them have to add h_buffer_credits before they call ocfs2_extend_trans(). This makes ocfs2_extend_trans() really extend atop the original block count. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-05-05ocfs2: Make ocfs2_journal_dirty() void.Joel Becker
jbd[2]_journal_dirty_metadata() only returns 0. It's been returning 0 since before the kernel moved to git. There is no point in checking this error. ocfs2_journal_dirty() has been faithfully returning the status since the beginning. All over ocfs2, we have blocks of code checking this can't fail status. In the past few years, we've tried to avoid adding these checks, because they are pointless. But anyone who looks at our code assumes they are needed. Finally, ocfs2_journal_dirty() is made a void function. All error checking is removed from other files. We'll BUG_ON() the status of jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata() just in case they change it someday. They won't. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-03-19ocfs2: Init meta_ac properly in ocfs2_create_empty_xattr_block.Tao Ma
You can't store a pointer that you haven't filled in yet and expect it to work. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-03-19ocfs2: Fix the update of name_offset when removing xattrsTao Ma
When replacing a xattr's value, in some case we wipe its name/value first and then re-add it. The wipe is done by ocfs2_xa_block_wipe_namevalue() when the xattr is in the inode or block. We currently adjust name_offset for all the entries which have (offset < name_offset). This does not adjust the entrie we're replacing. Since we are replacing the entry, we don't adjust the total entry count. When we calculate a new namevalue location, we trust the entries now-wrong offset in ocfs2_xa_get_free_start(). The solution is to also adjust the name_offset for the replaced entry, allowing ocfs2_xa_get_free_start() to calculate the new namevalue location correctly. The following script can trigger a kernel panic easily. echo 'y'|mkfs.ocfs2 --fs-features=local,xattr -b 4K $DEVICE mount -t ocfs2 $DEVICE $MNT_DIR FILE=$MNT_DIR/$RANDOM for((i=0;i<76;i++)) do string_76="a$string_76" done string_78="aa$string_76" string_82="aaaa$string_78" touch $FILE setfattr -n 'user.test1234567890' -v $string_76 $FILE setfattr -n 'user.test1234567890' -v $string_78 $FILE setfattr -n 'user.test1234567890' -v $string_82 $FILE Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Handle errors while setting external xattr values.Joel Becker
ocfs2 can store extended attribute values as large as a single file. It does this using a standard ocfs2 btree for the large value. However, the previous code did not handle all error cases cleanly. There are multiple problems to have. 1) We have trouble allocating space for a new xattr. This leaves us with an empty xattr. 2) We overwrote an existing local xattr with a value root, and now we have an error allocating the storage. This leaves us an empty xattr. where there used to be a value. The value is lost. 3) We have trouble truncating a reused value. This leaves us with the original entry pointing to the truncated original value. The value is lost. 4) We have trouble extending the storage on a reused value. This leaves us with the original value safely in place, but with more storage allocated when needed. This doesn't consider storing local xattrs (values that don't require a btree). Those only fail when the journal fails. Case (1) is easy. We just remove the xattr we added. We leak the storage because we can't safely remove it, but otherwise everything is happy. We'll print a warning about the leak. Case (4) is easy. We still have the original value in place. We can just leave the extra storage attached to this xattr. We return the error, but the old value is untouched. We print a warning about the storage. Case (2) and (3) are hard because we've lost the original values. In the old code, we ended up with values that could be partially read. That's not good. Instead, we just wipe the xattr entry and leak the storage. It stinks that the original value is lost, but now there isn't a partial value to be read. We'll print a big fat warning. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Set inline xattr entries with ocfs2_xa_set()Joel Becker
ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set() is the only remaining user of ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(). ocfs2_xattr_set_entry() actually does two things: it calls ocfs2_xa_set(), and it initializes the inline xattrs. Initializing the inline space really belongs in its own call. We lift the initialization to ocfs2_xattr_ibody_init(), called from ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set() only when necessary. Now ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set() can call ocfs2_xa_set() directly. ocfs2_xattr_set_entry() goes away. Another nice fact is that ocfs2_init_dinode_xa_loc() can trust i_xattr_inline_size. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Set xattr block entries with ocfs2_xa_set()Joel Becker
ocfs2_xattr_block_set() calls into ocfs2_xattr_set_entry() with just the HAS_XATTR flag. Most of the machinery of ocfs2_xattr_set_entry() is skipped. All that really happens other than the call to ocfs2_xa_set() is making sure the HAS_XATTR flag is set on the inode. But HAS_XATTR should be set when we also set di->i_xattr_loc. And that's done in ocfs2_create_xattr_block(). So let's move it there, and then ocfs2_xattr_block_set() can just call ocfs2_xa_set(). While we're there, ocfs2_create_xattr_block() can take the set_ctxt for a smaller argument list. It also learns to set HAS_XATTR_FL, because it knows for sure. ocfs2_create_empty_xatttr_block() in the reflink path fakes a set_ctxt to call ocfs2_create_xattr_block(). Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Let ocfs2_xa_prepare_entry() do space checks.Joel Becker
ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket() doesn't need to do its own hacky space checking. Let's let ocfs2_xa_prepare_entry() (via ocfs2_xa_set()) do the more accurate work. Whenever it doesn't have space, ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket() can try to get more space. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Gell into ocfs2_xa_set()Joel Becker
ocfs2_xa_set() wraps the ocfs2_xa_prepare_entry()/ocfs2_xa_store_value() logic. Both callers can now use the same routine. ocfs2_xa_remove() moves directly into ocfs2_xa_set(). Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Allocation in ocfs2_xa_prepare_entry(), values in ocfs2_xa_store_value()Joel Becker
ocfs2_xa_prepare_entry() gets all the logic to add, remove, or modify external value trees. Now, when it exits, the entry is ready to receive a value of any size. ocfs2_xa_remove() is added to handle the complete removal of an entry. It truncates the external value tree before calling ocfs2_xa_remove_entry(). ocfs2_xa_store_inline_value() becomes ocfs2_xa_store_value(). It can store any value. ocfs2_xattr_set_entry() loses all the allocation logic and just uses these functions. ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside() disappears. ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket() uses these functions and makes ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_in_bucket() obsolete. That goes away, as does ocfs2_xattr_bucket_set_value_outside() and ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate(). Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Teach ocfs2_xa_loc how to do its own journal workJoel Becker
We're going to want to make sure our buffers get accessed and dirtied correctly. So have the xa_loc do the work. This includes storing the inode on ocfs2_xa_loc. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Provide ocfs2_xa_fill_value_buf() for external value processingJoel Becker
We use the ocfs2_xattr_value_buf structure to manage external values. It lets the value tree code do its work regardless of the containing storage. ocfs2_xa_fill_value_buf() initializes a value buf from an ocfs2_xa_loc entry. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Handle value tree roots in ocfs2_xa_set_inline_value()Joel Becker
Previously the xattr code would send in a fake value, containing a tree root, to the function that installed name+value pairs. Instead, we pass the real value to ocfs2_xa_set_inline_value(), and it notices that the value cannot fit. Thus, it installs a tree root. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Set the xattr name+value pair in one placeJoel Becker
We create two new functions on ocfs2_xa_loc, ocfs2_xa_prepare_entry() and ocfs2_xa_store_inline_value(). ocfs2_xa_prepare_entry() makes sure that the xl_entry field of ocfs2_xa_loc is ready to receive an xattr. The entry will point to an appropriately sized name+value region in storage. If an existing entry can be reused, it will be. If no entry already exists, it will be allocated. If there isn't space to allocate it, -ENOSPC will be returned. ocfs2_xa_store_inline_value() stores the data that goes into the 'value' part of the name+value pair. For values that don't fit directly, this stores the value tree root. A number of operations are added to ocfs2_xa_loc_operations to support these functions. This reflects the disparate behaviors of xattr blocks and buckets. With these functions, the overlapping ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_local() and ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_normal() can be replaced with a single call scheme. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Wrap calculation of name+value pair size.Joel Becker
An ocfs2 xattr entry stores the text name and value as a pair in the storage area. Obviously names and values can be variable-sized. If a value is too large for the entry storage, a tree root is stored instead. The name+value pair is also padded. Because of this, there are a million places in the code that do: if (needs_external_tree(value_size) namevalue_size = pad(name_size) + tree_root_size; else namevalue_size = pad(name_size) + pad(value_size); Let's create some convenience functions to make the code more readable. There are three forms. The first takes the raw sizes. The second takes an ocfs2_xattr_info structure. The third takes an existing ocfs2_xattr_entry. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Add a name_len field to ocfs2_xattr_info.Joel Becker
Rather than calculating strlen all over the place, let's store the name length directly on ocfs2_xattr_info. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Prefix the member fields of struct ocfs2_xattr_info.Joel Becker
struct ocfs2_xattr_info is a useful structure describing an xattr you'd like to set. Let's put prefixes on the member fields so it's easier to read and use. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Remove xattrs via ocfs2_xa_locJoel Becker
Add ocfs2_xa_remove_entry(), which will remove an xattr entry from its storage via the ocfs2_xa_loc descriptor. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: Introduce ocfs2_xa_locJoel Becker
The ocfs2 extended attribute (xattr) code is very flexible. It can store xattrs in the inode itself, in an external block, or in a tree of data structures. This allows the number of xattrs to be bounded by the filesystem size. However, the code that manages each possible storage location is different. Maintaining the ocfs2 xattr code requires changing each hunk separately. This patch is the start of a series introducing the ocfs2_xa_loc structure. This structure wraps the on-disk details of an xattr entry. The goal is that the generic xattr routines can use ocfs2_xa_loc without knowing the underlying storage location. This first pass merely implements the basic structure, initializing it, and wiping the name+value pair of the entry. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-02-26ocfs2: add extent block stealing for ocfs2 v5Tiger Yang
This patch add extent block (metadata) stealing mechanism for extent allocation. This mechanism is same as the inode stealing. if no room in slot specific extent_alloc, we will try to allocate extent block from the next slot. Signed-off-by: Tiger Yang <tiger.yang@oracle.com> Acked-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-12-24Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2 * 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2: ocfs2/trivial: Use le16_to_cpu for a disk value in xattr.c ocfs2/trivial: Use proper mask for 2 places in hearbeat.c Ocfs2: Let ocfs2 support fiemap for symlink and fast symlink. Ocfs2: Should ocfs2 support fiemap for S_IFDIR inode? ocfs2: Use FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED fiemap: Add new extent flag FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED ocfs2: replace u8 by __u8 in ocfs2_fs.h ocfs2: explicit declare uninitialized var in user_cluster_connect() ocfs2-devel: remove redundant OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL check in ocfs2_get_acl_nolock() ocfs2: return -EAGAIN instead of EAGAIN in dlm ocfs2/cluster: Make fence method configurable - v2 ocfs2: Set MS_POSIXACL on remount ocfs2: Make acl use the default ocfs2: Always include ACL support
2009-12-23ocfs2/trivial: Use le16_to_cpu for a disk value in xattr.cTao Ma
In ocfs2_value_metas_in_xattr_header, we should Use le16_to_cpu for ocfs2_extent_list.l_next_free_rec. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-12-16sanitize xattr handler prototypesChristoph Hellwig
Add a flags argument to struct xattr_handler and pass it to all xattr handler methods. This allows using the same methods for multiple handlers, e.g. for the ACL methods which perform exactly the same action for the access and default ACLs, just using a different underlying attribute. With a little more groundwork it'll also allow sharing the methods for the regular user/trusted/secure handlers in extN, ocfs2 and jffs2 like it's already done for xfs in this patch. Also change the inode argument to the handlers to a dentry to allow using the handlers mechnism for filesystems that require it later, e.g. cifs. [with GFS2 bits updated by Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>] Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-10-28ocfs2: Always include ACL supportJan Kara
To become consistent with filesystems such as XFS or BTRFS, make posix ACLs always available. This also reduces possibility of misconfiguration on admin's side. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Add preserve to reflink.Tao Ma
reflink has 2 options for the destination file: 1. snapshot: reflink will attempt to preserve ownership, permissions, and all other security state in order to create a full snapshot. 2. new file: it will acquire the data extent sharing but will see the file's security state and attributes initialized as a new file. So add the option to ocfs2. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Modify removing xattr process for refcount.Tao Ma
The old xattr value remove is quite simple, it just erase the tree and free the clusters. But as we have added refcount support, The process is a little complicated. We have to lock the refcount tree at the beginning, what's more, we may split the refcount tree in some cases, so meta/credits are needed. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Add reflink support for xattr.Tao Ma
Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Create an xattr indexed block if needed.Tao Ma
With reflink, there is a need that we create a new xattr indexed block from the very beginning. So add a new parameter for ocfs2_create_xattr_block. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Call refcount tree remove process properly.Tao Ma
Now with xattr refcount support, we need to check whether we have xattr refcounted before we remove the refcount tree. Now the mechanism is: 1) Check whether i_clusters == 0, if no, exit. 2) check whether we have i_xattr_loc in dinode. if yes, exit. 2) Check whether we have inline xattr stored outside, if yes, exit. 4) Remove the tree. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Attach xattr clusters to refcount tree.Tao Ma
In ocfs2, when xattr's value is larger than OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE, it will be kept outside of the blocks we store xattr entry. And they are stored in a b-tree also. So this patch try to attach all these clusters to refcount tree also. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Abstract ocfs2 xattr tree extend rec iteration process.Tao Ma
Currently we have ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets which can receive a para and a callback to iterate a series of bucket. It is good. But actually the 2 callers ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block and ocfs2_delete_xattr_index_block are almost the same. The only difference is that the latter need to handle the extent record also. So add a new function named ocfs2_iterate_xattr_index_block. It can be given func callback which are used for exten record. So now we only have one iteration function for the xattr index block. Ane what's more, it is useful for our future reflink operations. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Abstract the creation of xattr block.Tao Ma
In xattr reflink, we also need to create xattr block, so abstract the process out. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Remove inode from ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value.Tao Ma
In ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value, actually we only use super_block. So use it. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Add CoW support for xattr.Tao Ma
In order to make 2 transcation(xattr and cow) independent with each other, we CoW the whole xattr out in case we are setting them. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-22ocfs2: Return extent flags for xattr value tree.Tao Ma
With the new refcount tree, xattr value can also be refcounted among multiple files. So return the appropriate extent flags so that CoW can used it later. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
2009-09-04ocfs2: Pass ocfs2_caching_info into ocfs_init_*_extent_tree().Joel Becker
With this commit, extent tree operations are divorced from inodes and rely on ocfs2_caching_info. Phew! Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-09-04ocfs2: ocfs2_remove_extent() no longer needs struct inode.Joel Becker
One more generic btree function that is isolated from struct inode. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-09-04ocfs2: ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree() no longer needs struct inode.Joel Becker
One more function that doesn't need a struct inode to pass to its children. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-09-04ocfs2: ocfs2_insert_extent() no longer needs struct inode.Joel Becker
One more function down, no inode in the entire insert-extent chain. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-09-04ocfs2: ocfs2_find_path() only needs the caching infoJoel Becker
ocfs2_find_path and ocfs2_find_leaf() walk our btrees, reading extent blocks. They need struct ocfs2_caching_info for that, but not struct inode. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-09-04ocfs2: Pass struct ocfs2_caching_info to the journal functions.Joel Becker
The next step in divorcing metadata I/O management from struct inode is to pass struct ocfs2_caching_info to the journal functions. Thus the journal locks a metadata cache with the cache io_lock function. It also can compare ci_last_trans and ci_created_trans directly. This is a large patch because of all the places we change ocfs2_journal_access..(handle, inode, ...) to ocfs2_journal_access..(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), ...). Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-09-04ocfs2: Take the inode out of the metadata read/write paths.Joel Becker
We are really passing the inode into the ocfs2_read/write_blocks() functions to get at the metadata cache. This commit passes the cache directly into the metadata block functions, divorcing them from the inode. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-07-20ocfs2: Fix compilation warning for fs/ocfs2/xattr.cSubrata Modak
gcc 4.4.1 generates the following build warning on i386: CC [M] fs/ocfs2/xattr.o fs/ocfs2/xattr.c: In function ‘ocfs2_xattr_block_get’: fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:1055: warning: ‘block_off’ may be used uninitialized in this function The following fix is based on a similar approach by David Howells few days back: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/9/109, Signed-off-by: Subrata Modak<subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2009-05-05ocfs2: Don't printk the error when listing too many xattrs.Tao Ma
Currently the kernel defines XATTR_LIST_MAX as 65536 in include/linux/limits.h. This is the largest buffer that is used for listing xattrs. But with ocfs2 xattr tree, we actually have no limit for the number. If filesystem has more names than can fit in the buffer, the kernel logs will be pollluted with something like this when listing: (27738,0):ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets:3158 ERROR: status = -34 (27738,0):ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block:3264 ERROR: status = -34 So don't print "ERROR" message as this is not an ocfs2 error. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>