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-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/ialloc.c17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 17bc043308f3..98ac2f1f23b3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1098,6 +1098,17 @@ got:
if (err)
goto fail_drop;
+ /*
+ * Since the encryption xattr will always be unique, create it first so
+ * that it's less likely to end up in an external xattr block and
+ * prevent its deduplication.
+ */
+ if (encrypt) {
+ err = fscrypt_inherit_context(dir, inode, handle, true);
+ if (err)
+ goto fail_free_drop;
+ }
+
err = ext4_init_acl(handle, inode, dir);
if (err)
goto fail_free_drop;
@@ -1119,12 +1130,6 @@ got:
ei->i_datasync_tid = handle->h_transaction->t_tid;
}
- if (encrypt) {
- err = fscrypt_inherit_context(dir, inode, handle, true);
- if (err)
- goto fail_free_drop;
- }
-
err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
if (err) {
ext4_std_error(sb, err);