ocfs2: Allow uid/gid/perm changes of symlinks
This patch adds the ability to change attributes of a symlink.
Fixes oss bugzilla#963
http://oss.oracle.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=963
Signed-off-by: Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 9154c82d3..57e0d30 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1048,6 +1048,10 @@
mlog_entry("(0x%p, '%.*s')\n", dentry,
dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
+ /* ensuring we don't even attempt to truncate a symlink */
+ if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+ attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
+
if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
mlog(0, "mode change: %d\n", attr->ia_mode);
if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
