[patch 04/14] hpfs: dont call notify_change

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Tue Jul 22 2008 - 18:14:41 EST


From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>

hpfs_unlink() calls notify_change() to truncate the file before
deleting. Replace with explicit call to hpfs_notify_change().

This is equivalent, except that:
- security_inode_setattr() is not called before hpfs_notify_change()
- fsnotify_change() is not called after hpfs_notify_change()

The truncation is just an implementation detail, so both the security
check and the notification are unnecessary.

Possibly even the ctime modification is wrong?

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
CC: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/hpfs/namei.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/hpfs/namei.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/hpfs/namei.c 2008-07-23 00:10:13.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/hpfs/namei.c 2008-07-23 00:10:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ again:
/*printk("HPFS: truncating file before delete.\n");*/
newattrs.ia_size = 0;
newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_CTIME;
- err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
+ newattrs.ia_ctime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
+ err = hpfs_notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
put_write_access(inode);
if (!err)
goto again;

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