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[5/5] vfs: only allow FSSETXATTR to set DAX flag on files and dirs

Message ID 156151636789.2283456.3835262849301472968.stgit@magnolia (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series vfs: clean up SETFLAGS and FSSETXATTR option processing | expand

Commit Message

Darrick J. Wong June 26, 2019, 2:32 a.m. UTC 
From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>

The DAX flag only applies to files and directories, so don't let it get
set for other types of files.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
---
 fs/inode.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 670d5408d022..f08711b34341 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -2259,6 +2259,14 @@  int vfs_ioc_fssetxattr_check(struct inode *inode, const struct fsxattr *old_fa,
 	    !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * It is only valid to set the DAX flag on regular files and
+	 * directories on filesystems.
+	 */
+	if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) &&
+	    !(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Extent size hints of zero turn off the flags. */
 	if (fa->fsx_extsize == 0)
 		fa->fsx_xflags &= ~(FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE | FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);