Re: [PATCH] Fix overlayfs inotify interaction

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On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Andrey Melnikov <temnota.am@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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?

I'm afraid that your patch won't work for all notifications (like
directory modification).

Thanks,
Miklos




>
>>>>
>>>> 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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