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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c35
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index 37e7c33f6283..8f47396f8dd2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -289,6 +289,23 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry(
return NULL;
}
+/*
+ * Validate an attribute leaf block.
+ *
+ * Empty leaf blocks can occur under the following circumstances:
+ *
+ * 1. setxattr adds a new extended attribute to a file;
+ * 2. The file has zero existing attributes;
+ * 3. The attribute is too large to fit in the attribute fork;
+ * 4. The attribute is small enough to fit in a leaf block;
+ * 5. A log flush occurs after committing the transaction that creates
+ * the (empty) leaf block; and
+ * 6. The filesystem goes down after the log flush but before the new
+ * attribute can be committed to the leaf block.
+ *
+ * Hence we need to ensure that we don't fail the validation purely
+ * because the leaf is empty.
+ */
static xfs_failaddr_t
xfs_attr3_leaf_verify(
struct xfs_buf *bp)
@@ -311,15 +328,6 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify(
return fa;
/*
- * Empty leaf blocks should never occur; they imply the existence of a
- * software bug that needs fixing. xfs_repair also flags them as a
- * corruption that needs fixing, so we should never let these go to
- * disk.
- */
- if (ichdr.count == 0)
- return __this_address;
-
- /*
* firstused is the block offset of the first name info structure.
* Make sure it doesn't go off the block or crash into the header.
*/
@@ -922,14 +930,10 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_getvalue(
return -ENOATTR;
}
-/*
- * Convert from using the shortform to the leaf. On success, return the
- * buffer so that we can keep it locked until we're totally done with it.
- */
+/* Convert from using the shortform to the leaf format. */
int
xfs_attr_shortform_to_leaf(
- struct xfs_da_args *args,
- struct xfs_buf **leaf_bp)
+ struct xfs_da_args *args)
{
struct xfs_inode *dp;
struct xfs_attr_shortform *sf;
@@ -991,7 +995,6 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_to_leaf(
sfe = xfs_attr_sf_nextentry(sfe);
}
error = 0;
- *leaf_bp = bp;
out:
kmem_free(tmpbuffer);
return error;