1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c b/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
index e907cae7a07c..a85a0a17c4fd 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
@@ -37,16 +37,10 @@ static int
 ext3_xattr_user_get(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
                     void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
-        int error;
-
         if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
         if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, XATTR_USER))
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-        error = permission(inode, MAY_READ, NULL);
-        if (error)
-                return error;
-
         return ext3_xattr_get(inode, EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_USER, name, buffer, size);
 }
 
@@ -54,19 +48,10 @@ static int
 ext3_xattr_user_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
                     const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-        int error;
-
         if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
         if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, XATTR_USER))
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-        if ( !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
-            (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX))
-                return -EPERM;
-        error = permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, NULL);
-        if (error)
-                return error;
-
         return ext3_xattr_set(inode, EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_USER, name,
                               value, size, flags);
 }