Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris...

[pandora-kernel.git] / fs / xattr.c

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 1c3d0af..6d4f6d3 100644 (file)
--- 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;