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diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 0815e93bb487..b4fa3b0aa596 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_change_ok);
* @offset: the new size to assign to the inode
* @Returns: 0 on success, -ve errno on failure
*
+ * inode_newsize_ok must be called with i_mutex held.
+ *
* inode_newsize_ok will check filesystem limits and ulimits to check that the
* new inode size is within limits. inode_newsize_ok will also send SIGXFSZ
* when necessary. Caller must not proceed with inode size change if failure is
* returned. @inode must be a file (not directory), with appropriate
* permissions to allow truncate (inode_newsize_ok does NOT check these
* conditions).
- *
- * inode_newsize_ok must be called with i_mutex held.
*/
int inode_newsize_ok(const struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
{
@@ -104,17 +104,25 @@ out_big:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_newsize_ok);
-int inode_setattr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * attr)
+/**
+ * generic_setattr - copy simple metadata updates into the generic inode
+ * @inode: the inode to be updated
+ * @attr: the new attributes
+ *
+ * generic_setattr must be called with i_mutex held.
+ *
+ * generic_setattr updates the inode's metadata with that specified
+ * in attr. Noticably missing is inode size update, which is more complex
+ * as it requires pagecache updates. See simple_setsize.
+ *
+ * The inode is not marked as dirty after this operation. The rationale is
+ * that for "simple" filesystems, the struct inode is the inode storage.
+ * The caller is free to mark the inode dirty afterwards if needed.
+ */
+void generic_setattr(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
{
unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
- if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE &&
- attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
- int error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
- if (error)
- return error;
- }
-
if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
inode->i_uid = attr->ia_uid;
if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
@@ -135,6 +143,28 @@ int inode_setattr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * attr)
mode &= ~S_ISGID;
inode->i_mode = mode;
}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_setattr);
+
+/*
+ * note this function is deprecated, the new truncate sequence should be
+ * used instead -- see eg. simple_setsize, generic_setattr.
+ */
+int inode_setattr(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
+{
+ unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
+
+ if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE &&
+ attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+ int error;
+
+ error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ }
+
+ generic_setattr(inode, attr);
+
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
return 0;