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This fails in case of ext4 because\nchanging xattr starts an ext4 transaction which fails with the\nfollowing warning.\n\nWARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4], CPU#1: systemd-sysroot/561\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 561 Comm: systemd-sysroot Not tainted 6.19.12-1-default #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) openSUSE Tumbleweed  c2dfc3c9d9f6f1233251c5d4410574fe82a348ee\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\nRIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4]\nCall Trace:\n  __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x3e/0x180 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n  ext4_xattr_set+0x104/0x150 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n  __vfs_setxattr+0x9a/0xd0\n  __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x76/0x1f0\n  ima_appraise_measurement+0x23e/0xe40\n  ima_d_path+0x5a/0xd0\n  process_measurement+0xb29/0xc40\n  ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x21/0xe0\n  ? fscrypt_file_open+0xc0/0xe0\n  ? ext4_file_open+0x60/0x490 [ext4 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