tree 79057fc6bd53b7db3c7d0acbde90ee02b8df9ebf
parent 0de5983d354adbf1c9fa57eca8b5dd8155132fb1
author Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@google.com> 1498094499 -0400
committer Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> 1498094499 -0400

ext4: do not set posix acls on xattr inodes

We don't need acls on xattr inodes because they are not directly
accessible from user mode.

Besides lockdep complains about recursive locking of xattr_sem as seen
below.

  =============================================
  [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
  4.11.0-rc8+ #402 Not tainted
  ---------------------------------------------
  python/1894 is trying to acquire lock:
   (&ei->xattr_sem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff804878a6>] ext4_xattr_get+0x66/0x270

  but task is already holding lock:
   (&ei->xattr_sem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff80489500>] ext4_xattr_set_handle+0xa0/0x5d0

  other info that might help us debug this:
   Possible unsafe locking scenario:

         CPU0
         ----
    lock(&ei->xattr_sem);
    lock(&ei->xattr_sem);

   *** DEADLOCK ***

   May be due to missing lock nesting notation

  3 locks held by python/1894:
   #0:  (sb_writers#10){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff803d829f>] mnt_want_write+0x1f/0x50
   #1:  (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#15){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff803dda27>] vfs_setxattr+0x57/0xb0
   #2:  (&ei->xattr_sem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff80489500>] ext4_xattr_set_handle+0xa0/0x5d0

  stack backtrace:
  CPU: 0 PID: 1894 Comm: python Not tainted 4.11.0-rc8+ #402
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
  Call Trace:
   dump_stack+0x67/0x99
   __lock_acquire+0x5f3/0x1830
   lock_acquire+0xb5/0x1d0
   down_read+0x2f/0x60
   ext4_xattr_get+0x66/0x270
   ext4_get_acl+0x43/0x1e0
   get_acl+0x72/0xf0
   posix_acl_create+0x5e/0x170
   ext4_init_acl+0x21/0xc0
   __ext4_new_inode+0xffd/0x16b0
   ext4_xattr_set_entry+0x5ea/0xb70
   ext4_xattr_block_set+0x1b5/0x970
   ext4_xattr_set_handle+0x351/0x5d0
   ext4_xattr_set+0x124/0x180
   ext4_xattr_user_set+0x34/0x40
   __vfs_setxattr+0x66/0x80
   __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x69/0x1c0
   vfs_setxattr+0xa2/0xb0
   setxattr+0x129/0x160
   path_setxattr+0x87/0xb0
   SyS_setxattr+0xf/0x20
   entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x18/0xad

Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>