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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 861a88797716..40562224b718 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -370,21 +370,26 @@ int simple_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_setsize);
/**
- * simple_setattr - setattr for simple in-memory filesystem
+ * simple_setattr - setattr for simple filesystem
* @dentry: dentry
* @iattr: iattr structure
*
* Returns 0 on success, -error on failure.
*
- * simple_setattr implements setattr for an in-memory filesystem which
- * does not store its own file data or metadata (eg. uses the page cache
- * and inode cache as its data store).
+ * simple_setattr is a simple ->setattr implementation without a proper
+ * implementation of size changes.
+ *
+ * It can either be used for in-memory filesystems or special files
+ * on simple regular filesystems. Anything that needs to change on-disk
+ * or wire state on size changes needs its own setattr method.
*/
int simple_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
{
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
int error;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(inode->i_op->truncate);
+
error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
if (error)
return error;
@@ -396,7 +401,8 @@ int simple_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
}
setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
- return error;
+ mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+ return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_setattr);