Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6:
JFS: Remove redundant xattr permission checking
diff --git a/fs/jfs/xattr.c b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
index 4c7985e..b753ba2 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
+/*
+ * Most of the permission checking is done by xattr_permission in the vfs.
+ * The local file system is responsible for handling the system.* namespace.
+ * We also need to verify that this is a namespace that we recognize.
+ */
static int can_set_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
const void *value, size_t value_len)
{
@@ -771,10 +776,6 @@
strncmp(name, XATTR_OS2_PREFIX, XATTR_OS2_PREFIX_LEN))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
- (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || inode->i_mode &S_ISVTX))
- return -EPERM;
-
return 0;
}