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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/btrfs/xattr.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c index 69565e5fc6a0..a76e41c04b71 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c @@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ static int do_setxattr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, again: ret = btrfs_insert_xattr_item(trans, root, path, btrfs_ino(inode), name, name_len, value, size); + /* + * If we're setting an xattr to a new value but the new value is say + * exactly BTRFS_MAX_XATTR_SIZE, we could end up with EOVERFLOW getting + * back from split_leaf. This is because it thinks we'll be extending + * the existing item size, but we're asking for enough space to add the + * item itself. So if we get EOVERFLOW just set ret to EEXIST and let + * the rest of the function figure it out. + */ + if (ret == -EOVERFLOW) + ret = -EEXIST; + if (ret == -EEXIST) { if (flags & XATTR_CREATE) goto out; |