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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index daed9b38362a..3c600f02673f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -144,16 +144,12 @@ static int ext4_meta_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int lblocks,
/*
* Test whether an inode is a fast symlink.
+ * A fast symlink has its symlink data stored in ext4_inode_info->i_data.
*/
int ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(struct inode *inode)
{
- int ea_blocks = EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl ?
- EXT4_CLUSTER_SIZE(inode->i_sb) >> 9 : 0;
-
- if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
- return 0;
-
- return (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_blocks - ea_blocks == 0);
+ return S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_size &&
+ (inode->i_size < EXT4_N_BLOCKS * 4);
}
/*
@@ -261,6 +257,16 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
if (IS_SYNC(inode))
ext4_handle_sync(handle);
+
+ /*
+ * Set inode->i_size to 0 before calling ext4_truncate(). We need
+ * special handling of symlinks here because i_size is used to
+ * determine whether ext4_inode_info->i_data contains symlink data or
+ * block mappings. Setting i_size to 0 will remove its fast symlink
+ * status. Erase i_data so that it becomes a valid empty block map.
+ */
+ if (ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
+ memset(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data, 0, sizeof(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data));
inode->i_size = 0;
err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
if (err) {