From: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@xxxxxxxxxx> In order for read-only layers of a union to have submounts, we have to follow mounts on directories in union lookup. Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <valerie.aurora@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 4170f92..789015a 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -817,6 +817,8 @@ static int __lookup_union(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name, goto out_found_file; } + follow_mount(&lower); + /* * Now we know the target is a directory. Create a * matching topmost directory if one doesn't already -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html