Re: [PATCH] Fix overlayfs inotify interaction

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2016-07-14 12:23 GMT+03:00 Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Andrey Melnikov <temnota.am@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ping.
>>
>> 2016-06-30 14:04 GMT+03:00 Andrey Jr. Melnikov <temnota.am@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>  Fix overlayfs inotify interaction - use d_real_inode() helper
>>>  to resolve real (underlying) inode. Without this inotify is not functional on
>>>  overlayfs.
>
> Have you tried the alternative patch from Aihua Zhang:
>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/7/83

No. My patch add small overhead, lookup inode once when add inotify
watch, this patch - lookup inode on each operation. For what?

>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Andrey Jr. Melnikov <temnota.am@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Runtime tested with inotifywait in monitor mode to confirm event generation.
>>>
>>> cd /tmp/ && mkdir dest upper lower work
>>> mount -t overlay none dest -o upperdir=upper/,lowerdir=lower/,workdir=work/
>>> while /bin/true; do echo test >>/tmp/dest/lower-data; sleep 5; done &
>>> inotifywait -m /tmp/dest/lower-data
>>>
>>>  fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
>>> index b8d08d0..592ce16 100644
>>> --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
>>> +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
>>> @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(inotify_add_watch, int, fd, const char __user *, pathname,
>>>                 goto fput_and_out;
>>>
>>>         /* inode held in place by reference to path; group by fget on fd */
>>> -       inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
>>> +       inode = d_real_inode(path.dentry);
>>>         group = f.file->private_data;
>>>
>>>         /* create/update an inode mark */
>>> --
>>> 2.8.1
>>>
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