1 files changed, 1 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/fs/orangefs/xattr.c b/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
index ef5da7538cd5..90a8ae77d641 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ ssize_t orangefs_inode_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *prefix,
 		     "%s: prefix %s name %s, buffer_size %zd\n",
 		     __func__, prefix, name, size);
 
-	if (name == NULL || (size > 0 && buffer == NULL)) {
-		gossip_err("orangefs_inode_getxattr: bogus NULL pointers\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 	if ((strlen(name) + strlen(prefix)) >= ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_NAMELEN) {
 		gossip_err("Invalid key length (%d)\n",
 			   (int)(strlen(name) + strlen(prefix)));
@@ -239,8 +235,7 @@ int orangefs_inode_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *prefix,
 		     "%s: prefix %s, name %s, buffer_size %zd\n",
 		     __func__, prefix, name, size);
 
-	if (size < 0 ||
-	    size >= ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_VALUELEN ||
+	if (size >= ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_VALUELEN ||
 	    flags < 0) {
 		gossip_err("orangefs_inode_setxattr: bogus values of size(%d), flags(%d)\n",
 			   (int)size,
@@ -248,12 +243,6 @@ int orangefs_inode_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *prefix,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (name == NULL ||
-	    (size > 0 && value == NULL)) {
-		gossip_err("orangefs_inode_setxattr: bogus NULL pointers!\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	internal_flag = convert_to_internal_xattr_flags(flags);
 
 	if (prefix) {
@@ -353,10 +342,6 @@ ssize_t orangefs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 		gossip_err("%s: bogus NULL pointers\n", __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (size < 0) {
-		gossip_err("Invalid size (%d)\n", (int)size);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	down_read(&orangefs_inode->xattr_sem);
 	new_op = op_alloc(ORANGEFS_VFS_OP_LISTXATTR);