From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
ovl_copy_up() by default will only do metadata only copy up (if enabled).
That means when ovl_real_ioctl() calls ovl_real_file(), it will still get
the lower file (as ovl_real_file() opens data file and not metacopy). And
that means "chattr +i" will end up modifying lower inode.
There seem to be two ways to solve this.
A. Open metacopy file in ovl_real_ioctl() and do operations on that
B. Force full copy up when FS_IOC_SETFLAGS is called.
I am resorting to option B for now as it feels little safer option. If
there are performance issues due to this, we can revisit it.
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/overlayfs/file.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index 953295774471..31f32fc1004b 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static long ovl_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
if (ret)
return ret;
- ret = ovl_copy_up(file_dentry(file));
+ ret = ovl_copy_up_with_data(file_dentry(file));
if (!ret) {
ret = ovl_real_ioctl(file, cmd, arg);
--
2.14.3
