[PATCH 5/7] cifs: Improve guard for excluding $LXDEV xattr

From: Pali Rohár
Date: Sun Oct 06 2024 - 06:01:28 EST


$LXDEV xattr is for storing block/char device's major and minor number.
Change guard which excludes storing $LXDEV xattr to explicitly filter
everything except block and char device. Current guard is opposite, which
is currently correct but is less-safe. This change is required for adding
support for creating WSL-style symlinks as symlinks also do not use
device's major and minor numbers.

Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/smb/client/reparse.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
index 41f91613e7f2..402eb568f466 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@ static int wsl_set_xattrs(struct inode *inode, umode_t _mode,

memset(iov, 0, sizeof(*iov));

- /* Exclude $LXDEV xattr for sockets and fifos */
- if (S_ISSOCK(_mode) || S_ISFIFO(_mode))
+ /* Exclude $LXDEV xattr for non-device files */
+ if (!S_ISBLK(_mode) && !S_ISCHR(_mode))
num_xattrs = ARRAY_SIZE(xattrs) - 1;
else
num_xattrs = ARRAY_SIZE(xattrs);
--
2.20.1