[PATCH 2/2] overlayfs: ovl_copy_up_xattr -- handle EOPNOTSUPP from vfs_listxattr

[Andy Whitcroft]

Even when an underlying filesystem had a getxattr op it may not support
xattrs.  In this case vfs_listxattr will return EOPNOTSUPP.  Handle
this return when copying up attributes.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.c b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.c
index 6b8a7b9..1148b8c 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.c
@@ -692,8 +692,11 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_xattr(struct dentry *old, struct dentry *new)
 		return 0;
 
 	list_size = vfs_listxattr(old, NULL, 0);
-	if (list_size <= 0)
+	if (list_size <= 0) {
+		if (list_size == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			return 0;
 		return list_size;
+	}
 
 	buf = kzalloc(list_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
-- 
1.7.0.4

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