• Andreas Gruenbacher's avatar
    [PATCH] Long-standing xattr sharing bug · c2a7650d
    Andreas Gruenbacher authored
    When looking for identical xattr blocks to share, we were not comparing the
    name_index fields.  This could lead to false sharing when two xattr blocks
    ended up with identical attribute names and values, and the only default
    acls.  Because acls are cached, the bug was hidden until the next reload of
    the affected inode.
    
      $ mkdir -m 700 a b
      $ setfacl -m u:bin:rwx a
    	< acl of a goes in the mbcache
    
      $ setfacl -dm u:bin:rwx b
    	< acl of b differs only in name_index, so a's acl is reused
    
      $ getfacl b
    	< shows the result from the inode cache
    
      < empty inode cache (remount, etc.)
    
      $ getfacl b
    	< shows an access acl instead of a default acl.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
    c2a7650d
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