3 files changed, 7 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 765fc75fab3b..26c71ba1eed4 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr)
         struct timespec now;
         unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 
+        if (ia_valid & (ATTR_MODE | ATTR_UID | ATTR_GID | ATTR_TIMES_SET)) {
+                if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
+                        return -EPERM;
+        }
+
         now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 
         attr->ia_ctime = now;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 3317e1909b2c..3b3c43674be3 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -588,9 +588,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int fd, mode_t mode)
         err = mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
         if (err)
                 goto out_putf;
-        err = -EPERM;
-        if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
-                goto out_drop_write;
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
                 mode = inode->i_mode;
@@ -598,8 +595,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int fd, mode_t mode)
         newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
         err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-out_drop_write:
         mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
 out_putf:
         fput(file);
@@ -623,11 +618,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
         error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
         if (error)
                 goto dput_and_out;
-
-        error = -EPERM;
-        if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
-                goto out_drop_write;
-
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
                 mode = inode->i_mode;
@@ -635,8 +625,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
         newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
         error = notify_change(nd.path.dentry, &newattrs);
         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-out_drop_write:
         mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 dput_and_out:
         path_put(&nd.path);
@@ -651,18 +639,10 @@ asmlinkage long sys_chmod(const char __user *filename, mode_t mode)
 
 static int chown_common(struct dentry * dentry, uid_t user, gid_t group)
 {
-        struct inode * inode;
+        struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
         int error;
         struct iattr newattrs;
 
-        error = -ENOENT;
-        if (!(inode = dentry->d_inode)) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "chown_common: NULL inode\n");
-                goto out;
-        }
-        error = -EPERM;
-        if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
-                goto out;
         newattrs.ia_valid =  ATTR_CTIME;
         if (user != (uid_t) -1) {
                 newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_UID;
@@ -678,7 +658,7 @@ static int chown_common(struct dentry * dentry, uid_t user, gid_t group)
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         error = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-out:
+
         return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/utimes.c b/fs/utimes.c
index 8e09dbdfd7f5..dad679d3a158 100644
--- a/fs/utimes.c
+++ b/fs/utimes.c
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ static int utimes_common(struct path *path, struct timespec *times)
 
         newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_CTIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_ATIME;
         if (times) {
-                error = -EPERM;
-                if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
-                        goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
-
                 if (times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
                         newattrs.ia_valid &= ~ATTR_ATIME;
                 else if (times[0].tv_nsec != UTIME_NOW) {