* privileged users can write attributes.
*/
if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN)) {
- if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
- return xattr_permission_error(mask);
- if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && (inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX) &&
- (mask & MAY_WRITE) &&
- !inode_owner_or_capable(idmap, inode))
+ switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
+ case S_IFREG:
+ break;
+ case S_IFDIR:
+ if (!(inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX))
+ break;
+ if (!(mask & MAY_WRITE))
+ break;
+ if (inode_owner_or_capable(idmap, inode))
+ break;
return -EPERM;
+ default:
+ return xattr_permission_error(mask);
+ }
}
return inode_permission(idmap, inode, mask);