xfs: invalidate cached acl if set directly via xattr
ACLs are stored as extended attributes of the inode to which they apply. XFS converts the standard "system.posix_acl_[access|default]" attribute names used to control ACLs to "trusted.SGI_ACL_[FILE|DEFAULT]" as stored on-disk. These xattrs are directly exposed in on-disk format via getxattr/setxattr, without any ACL aware code in the path to perform validation, etc. This is partly historical and supports backup/restore applications such as xfsdump to back up and restore the binary blob that represents ACLs as-is. Andreas reports that the ACLs observed via the getfacl interface is not consistent when ACLs are set directly via the setxattr path. This occurs because the ACLs are cached in-core against the inode and the xattr path has no knowledge that the operation relates to ACLs. Update the xattr set codepath to trap writes of the special XFS ACL attributes and invalidate the associated cached ACL when this occurs. This ensures that the correct ACLs are used on a subsequent operation through the actual ACL interface. Note that this does not update or add support for setting the ACL xattrs directly beyond the restore use case that requires a correctly formatted binary blob and to restore a consistent i_mode at the same time. It is still possible for a root user to set an invalid or inconsistent (with i_mode) ACL blob on-disk and potentially cause corruption. [ With fixes from Andreas Gruenbacher. ] Reported-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
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