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orangefs: set i_size on new symlink
As long as a symlink inode remains in-core, the destination (and therefore size) will not be re-fetched from the server, as it cannot change. The original implementation of the attribute cache assumed that setting the expiry time in the past was sufficient to cause a re-fetch of all attributes on the next getattr. That does not work in this case. The bug manifested itself as follows. When the command sequence touch foo; ln -s foo bar; ls -l bar is run, the output was lrwxrwxrwx. 1 fedora fedora 4906 Apr 24 19:10 bar -> foo However, after a re-mount, ls -l bar produces lrwxrwxrwx. 1 fedora fedora 3 Apr 24 19:10 bar -> foo After this commit, even before a re-mount, the output is lrwxrwxrwx. 1 fedora fedora 3 Apr 24 19:10 bar -> foo Reported-by: Becky Ligon <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Martin Brandenburg <[email protected]> Fixes: 71680c1 ("orangefs: Cache getattr results.") Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Mike Marshall <[email protected]>
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fs/orangefs/namei.c

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@@ -326,6 +326,13 @@ static int orangefs_symlink(struct inode *dir,
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ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
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goto out;
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}
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/*
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* This is necessary because orangefs_inode_getattr will not
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* re-read symlink size as it is impossible for it to change.
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* Invalidating the cache does not help. orangefs_new_inode
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* does not set the correct size (it does not know symname).
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*/
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inode->i_size = strlen(symname);
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gossip_debug(GOSSIP_NAME_DEBUG,
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"Assigned symlink inode new number of %pU\n",

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