Re: [PATCH] ubifs: setflags: Don't show error message when vfs_ioc_setflags_prepare() fails

[Richard Weinberger]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 5:33 AM Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Following process will trigger ubifs_err:
>   1. useradd -m freg                                        (Under root)
>   2. cd /home/freg && mkdir mp                              (Under freg)
>   3. mount -t ubifs /dev/ubi0_0 /home/freg/mp               (Under root)
>   4. cd /home/freg && echo 123 > mp/a                       (Under root)
>   5. cd mp && chown freg a && chgrp freg a && chmod 777 a   (Under root)
>   6. chattr +i a                                            (Under freg)
>
> UBIFS error (ubi0:0 pid 1723): ubifs_ioctl [ubifs]: can't modify inode
> 65 attributes
> chattr: Operation not permitted while setting flags on a
>
> This is not an UBIFS problem, it was caused by task priviliage checking
> on file operations. Remove error message printing from kernel just like
> other filesystems (eg. ext4), since we already have enough information
> from userspace tools.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/ubifs/ioctl.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Makes sense, thanks for fixing!
BTW: I didn't forget about the other valuable fixes from you, in the
next two weeks I'll hopefully
find more time for reviewing/testing. :-)

-- 
Thanks,
//richard