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ext4: fix reading new encrypted symlinks on no-journal file systems
authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:12:53 +0000 (12:12 -0500)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:12:53 +0000 (12:12 -0500)
commit4db0d88e2ebc4f47092adc01f9885a43ad748995
tree1fd2f7bb173d78951af0b268c14bdef98169b627
parent3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1fe
ext4: fix reading new encrypted symlinks on no-journal file systems

On a filesystem with no journal, a symlink longer than about 32
characters (exact length depending on padding for encryption) could not
be followed or read immediately after being created in an encrypted
directory.  This happened because when the symlink data went through the
delayed allocation path instead of the journaling path, the symlink was
incorrectly detected as a "fast" symlink rather than a "slow" symlink
until its data was written out.

To fix this, disable delayed allocation for symlinks, since there is
no benefit for delayed allocation anyway.

Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/inode.c