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ext2: fix improper assignment for e_value_offs

Message ID 20200603084429.25344-1-cgxu519@mykernel.net
State Not Applicable
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Series ext2: fix improper assignment for e_value_offs | expand

Commit Message

Chengguang Xu June 3, 2020, 8:44 a.m. UTC
In the process of changing value for existing EA,
there is an improper assignment of e_value_offs(setting to 0),
because it will be reset to incorrect value in the following
loop(shifting EA values before target). Delayed assignment
can avoid this issue.

Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net>
---
 fs/ext2/xattr.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Jan Kara June 5, 2020, 3:20 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed 03-06-20 16:44:29, Chengguang Xu wrote:
> In the process of changing value for existing EA,
> there is an improper assignment of e_value_offs(setting to 0),
> because it will be reset to incorrect value in the following
> loop(shifting EA values before target). Delayed assignment
> can avoid this issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net>

Thanks. I've added the patch to my tree.

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext2/xattr.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
> index 943cc469f42f..c802ea682e7f 100644
> --- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
> @@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
>  			/* Remove the old value. */
>  			memmove(first_val + size, first_val, val - first_val);
>  			memset(first_val, 0, size);
> -			here->e_value_offs = 0;
>  			min_offs += size;
>  
>  			/* Adjust all value offsets. */
> @@ -600,6 +599,8 @@ ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
>  						cpu_to_le16(o + size);
>  				last = EXT2_XATTR_NEXT(last);
>  			}
> +
> +			here->e_value_offs = 0;
>  		}
>  		if (value == NULL) {
>  			/* Remove the old name. */
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 
>
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Patch

diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 943cc469f42f..c802ea682e7f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -588,7 +588,6 @@  ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 			/* Remove the old value. */
 			memmove(first_val + size, first_val, val - first_val);
 			memset(first_val, 0, size);
-			here->e_value_offs = 0;
 			min_offs += size;
 
 			/* Adjust all value offsets. */
@@ -600,6 +599,8 @@  ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 						cpu_to_le16(o + size);
 				last = EXT2_XATTR_NEXT(last);
 			}
+
+			here->e_value_offs = 0;
 		}
 		if (value == NULL) {
 			/* Remove the old name. */