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-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 42807cb57da0..5e8fd99557e1 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int ovl_set_attr(struct dentry *upperdentry, struct kstat *stat)
return err;
}
-struct ovl_fh *ovl_encode_fh(struct dentry *lower)
+struct ovl_fh *ovl_encode_fh(struct dentry *lower, bool is_upper)
{
struct ovl_fh *fh;
int fh_type, fh_len, dwords;
@@ -272,6 +272,14 @@ struct ovl_fh *ovl_encode_fh(struct dentry *lower)
fh->magic = OVL_FH_MAGIC;
fh->type = fh_type;
fh->flags = OVL_FH_FLAG_CPU_ENDIAN;
+ /*
+ * When we will want to decode an overlay dentry from this handle
+ * and all layers are on the same fs, if we get a disconncted real
+ * dentry when we decode fid, the only way to tell if we should assign
+ * it to upperdentry or to lowerstack is by checking this flag.
+ */
+ if (is_upper)
+ fh->flags |= OVL_FH_FLAG_PATH_UPPER;
fh->len = fh_len;
fh->uuid = *uuid;
memcpy(fh->fid, buf, buflen);
@@ -293,7 +301,7 @@ static int ovl_set_origin(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *lower,
* up and a pure upper inode.
*/
if (ovl_can_decode_fh(lower->d_sb)) {
- fh = ovl_encode_fh(lower);
+ fh = ovl_encode_fh(lower, false);
if (IS_ERR(fh))
return PTR_ERR(fh);
}