1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 9154c82d325..57e0d30cde9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1048,6 +1048,10 @@ int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
         mlog_entry("(0x%p, '%.*s')\n", dentry,
                    dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
+        /* ensuring we don't even attempt to truncate a symlink */
+        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+                attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
+
         if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
                 mlog(0, "mode change: %d\n", attr->ia_mode);
         if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID)