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Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c index aecaadc8f9e7..a619addecafc 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c @@ -579,10 +579,13 @@ static int ovl_inode_set(struct inode *inode, void *data) static bool ovl_verify_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *lowerdentry, struct dentry *upperdentry) { - struct inode *lowerinode = lowerdentry ? d_inode(lowerdentry) : NULL; - - /* Lower (origin) inode must match, even if NULL */ - if (ovl_inode_lower(inode) != lowerinode) + /* + * Allow non-NULL lower inode in ovl_inode even if lowerdentry is NULL. + * This happens when finding a copied up overlay inode for a renamed + * or hardlinked overlay dentry and lower dentry cannot be followed + * by origin because lower fs does not support file handles. + */ + if (lowerdentry && ovl_inode_lower(inode) != d_inode(lowerdentry)) return false; /* |