diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c index 0263692979ec..72377b77fbd7 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -2657,6 +2657,11 @@ static int ext4_xattr_make_inode_space(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, last = IFIRST(header); /* Find the entry best suited to be pushed into EA block */ for (; !IS_LAST_ENTRY(last); last = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(last)) { + /* never move system.data out of the inode */ + if ((last->e_name_len == 4) && + (last->e_name_index == EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SYSTEM) && + !memcmp(last->e_name, "data", 4)) + continue; total_size = EXT4_XATTR_LEN(last->e_name_len); if (!last->e_value_inum) total_size += EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(