Merge tag 'xfs-6.9-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux

Pull xfs fix from Chandan Babu:

 - Allow creating new links to special files which were not associated
   with a project quota

* tag 'xfs-6.9-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux:
  xfs: allow cross-linking special files without project quota

fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c

@@ -1301,9 +1301,20 @@ xfs_link(
 	 */
 	if (unlikely((tdp->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_PROJINHERIT) &&
 		     tdp->i_projid != sip->i_projid)) {
+		/*
+		 * Project quota setup skips special files which can
+		 * leave inodes in a PROJINHERIT directory without a
+		 * project ID set. We need to allow links to be made
+		 * to these "project-less" inodes because userspace
+		 * expects them to succeed after project ID setup,
+		 * but everything else should be rejected.
+		 */
+		if (!special_file(VFS_I(sip)->i_mode) ||
+		    sip->i_projid != 0) {
 			error = -EXDEV;
 			goto error_return;
 		}
+	}
 
 	if (!resblks) {
 		error = xfs_dir_canenter(tp, tdp, target_name);