Hi Al, Today's linux-next merge of the vfs tree got a conflict in: fs/overlayfs/super.c between commit: e2475b7276d0 ("ovl: check mounter creds on underlying lookup") from the overlayfs tree and commit: b3ac9a85b31c ("qstr: constify instances in overlayfs") from the vfs tree. I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary. This is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree is submitted for merging. You may also want to consider cooperating with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly complex conflicts. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell diff --cc fs/overlayfs/super.c index 4c91d9ed4689,bc10c261a006..000000000000 --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c @@@ -419,21 -423,12 +419,21 @@@ static bool ovl_dentry_weird(struct den DCACHE_OP_COMPARE); } -static inline struct dentry *ovl_lookup_real(struct dentry *dir, +static inline struct dentry *ovl_lookup_real(struct super_block *ovl_sb, + struct dentry *dir, - struct qstr *name) + const struct qstr *name) { + const struct cred *old_cred; struct dentry *dentry; + int err; - dentry = lookup_hash(name, dir); + old_cred = ovl_override_creds(ovl_sb); + err = inode_permission(dir->d_inode, MAY_EXEC); + if (err) + dentry = ERR_PTR(err); + else + dentry = lookup_hash(name, dir); + revert_creds(old_cred); if (IS_ERR(dentry)) { if (PTR_ERR(dentry) == -ENOENT) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html