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@@ -578,3 +578,10 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
--
[mandatory]
->atomic_open() calls without O_CREAT may happen in parallel.
+--
+[mandatory]
+ ->setxattr() and xattr_handler.set() get dentry and inode passed separately.
+ dentry might be yet to be attached to inode, so do _not_ use its ->d_inode
+ in the instances. Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be
+ called before we attach dentry to inode and !@#!@##!@$!$#!@#$!@$!@$ smack
+ ->d_instantiate() uses not just ->getxattr() but ->setxattr() as well.