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create_inode: do not fail if filesystem doesn't support xattr

Message ID 20220818163132.1618794-1-j@bitron.ch
State Accepted
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Series create_inode: do not fail if filesystem doesn't support xattr | expand

Commit Message

Jürg Billeter Aug. 18, 2022, 4:31 p.m. UTC
As `set_inode_xattr()` doesn't fail if the `llistxattr()` function is
not available, it seems inconsistent to let `set_inode_xattr()` fail if
`llistxattr()` fails with `ENOTSUP`, indicating that the filesystem
doesn't support extended attributes.

Signed-off-by: Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
---
 misc/create_inode.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Theodore Ts'o Sept. 19, 2022, 12:33 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:31:32 +0200, Jürg Billeter wrote:
> As `set_inode_xattr()` doesn't fail if the `llistxattr()` function is
> not available, it seems inconsistent to let `set_inode_xattr()` fail if
> `llistxattr()` fails with `ENOTSUP`, indicating that the filesystem
> doesn't support extended attributes.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] create_inode: do not fail if filesystem doesn't support xattr
      commit: 985b46c55070c62153587e5b18ecb5310706546c

Best regards,
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Patch

diff --git a/misc/create_inode.c b/misc/create_inode.c
index c00d5458..d7ab1c20 100644
--- a/misc/create_inode.c
+++ b/misc/create_inode.c
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@  static errcode_t set_inode_xattr(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t ino,
 
 	size = llistxattr(filename, NULL, 0);
 	if (size == -1) {
+		if (errno == ENOTSUP)
+			return 0;
 		retval = errno;
 		com_err(__func__, retval, _("while listing attributes of \"%s\""),
 			filename);