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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-12-04 15:59:07 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-12-04 15:59:07 +1100
commit79acbb3ff2d8095b692e1502b9eb2ccec348de26 (patch)
tree6ab773e5a8f9de2cd6443362b21d0d6fffe3b35e /fs/jfs/xattr.c
parent19a79859e168640f8e16d7b216d211c1c52b687a (diff)
parent2b5f6dcce5bf94b9b119e9ed8d537098ec61c3d2 (diff)
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Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-linus
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/jfs/xattr.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/jfs/xattr.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jfs/xattr.c b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
index 4c7985ebca9..b753ba21645 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ static int can_set_system_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
+/*
+ * Most of the permission checking is done by xattr_permission in the vfs.
+ * The local file system is responsible for handling the system.* namespace.
+ * We also need to verify that this is a namespace that we recognize.
+ */
static int can_set_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
const void *value, size_t value_len)
{
@@ -771,10 +776,6 @@ static int can_set_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
strncmp(name, XATTR_OS2_PREFIX, XATTR_OS2_PREFIX_LEN))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
- (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || inode->i_mode &S_ISVTX))
- return -EPERM;
-
return 0;
}