The Linux VFS does not allow a way to set append/immuttable attributes
to symlinks, this is just not possible. If this is detected we can
correct this with xfs_repair, so inform the user.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcg...@kernel.org>
---
 fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c 
b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
index 5ef5f354587e..42dd81ede3d6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
@@ -242,5 +242,10 @@ xfs_symlink_shortform_verify(
        /* We /did/ null-terminate the buffer, right? */
        if (*endp != 0)
                return __this_address;
+
+       /* Immutable and append flags are not allowed on symlinks */
+       if (ip->i_d.di_flags & (XFS_DIFLAG_APPEND | XFS_DIFLAG_IMMUTABLE))
+               return __this_address;
+
        return NULL;
 }
-- 
2.17.0

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