From: Jeff Layton reiserfs_setattr can call notify_change recursively using the same iattr struct. This could cause it to trip the BUG() in notify_change. Fix reiserfs to clear those bits near the beginning of the function. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton Cc: Chris Mason Cc: Jeff Mahoney Cc: "Vladimir V. Saveliev" Cc: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/reiserfs/inode.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/reiserfs/inode.c~reiserfs-turn-of-attr_kill_sid-at-beginning-of-reiserfs_setattr fs/reiserfs/inode.c --- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c~reiserfs-turn-of-attr_kill_sid-at-beginning-of-reiserfs_setattr +++ a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c @@ -3061,7 +3061,11 @@ int reiserfs_setattr(struct dentry *dent { struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; int error; - unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid; + unsigned int ia_valid; + + /* must be turned off for recursive notify_change calls */ + ia_valid = attr->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_KILL_SUID|ATTR_KILL_SGID); + reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) { /* version 2 items will be caught by the s_maxbytes check _