Re: [PATCH] ubifs: ubifs_jnl_change_xattr: Remove assertion 'nlink > 0' for host inode

[Richard Weinberger]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 4:29 PM Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Changing xattr of a temp file will trigger following assertion failed
> and make ubifs turn into readonly filesystem:
>   ubifs_assert_failed [ubifs]: UBIFS assert failed: host->i_nlink > 0,
>   in fs/ubifs/journal.c:1801
>
> Reproducer:
>   1. fd = open(__O_TMPFILE)
>   2. fsetxattr(fd, key, value2, XATTR_CREATE)
>   3. fsetxattr(fd, key, value2, XATTR_REPLACE)
>
> Fix this by removing assertion 'nlink > 0' for host inode.
>
> Reported-by: Chengsong Ke <kechengsong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to fixes, thanks!

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Thanks,
//richard