lgetxattr()/getxattr() return different values on a file labelledwith selinux disabled

[Thomas COUDRAY]

Hi,
I encounter trouble that I can't explain when labelling my files.
Here are steps to reproduce (on both 3.2.37 and 3.7.3, with selinux, on
an ext4 fs):
0 - have a regular file "f", with a "before_t" security.selinux attribute
1 - reboot with selinux=0
2 - change the label to "after_t" (setfattr or chcon)
3 - both "ls -Z" (who calls lgetxattr(2)) and "getfattr -n
security.selinux" (who calls getxattr(2)) show "after_t"
4 - reboot with selinux enabled
5 - now ls prints "before_t", and getfattr "after_t".

I ran a small test that calls both syscalls (lgetxattr/getxattr), I
get "before_t" as expected
If I touch /.autorelabel, both ls/getfattr give "before_t".

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Thomas Coudray
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