Hugh Dickins 5de75970c9 xattr: simple_xattr_set() return old_xattr to be freed
tmpfs wants to support limited user extended attributes, but kernfs
(or cgroupfs, the only kernfs with KERNFS_ROOT_SUPPORT_USER_XATTR)
already supports user extended attributes through simple xattrs: but
limited by a policy (128KiB per inode) too liberal to be used on tmpfs.

To allow a different limiting policy for tmpfs, without affecting the
policy for kernfs, change simple_xattr_set() to return the replaced or
removed xattr (if any), leaving the caller to update their accounting
then free the xattr (by simple_xattr_free(), renamed from the static
free_simple_xattr()).

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <158c6585-2aa7-d4aa-90ff-f7c3f8fe407c@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2023-08-09 09:15:51 +02:00
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