Re: [PATCH] vfs: fix vfs_clone_file_range() for overlayfs files

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On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With overlayfs, it is wrong to compare file_inode(inode)->i_sb
> of regular files with those of non-regular files, because the
> former reference the real (upper/lower) sb and the latter reference
> the overlayfs sb.
>
> Move the test for same super block after the sanity tests for
> clone range of directory and non-regular file.

Better:  compare ->f_path.dentry->d_sb instead of file_inode()->i_sb.
We don't want to be mixing files that come from overlayfs and ones
that come from the underlying layers.

BTW, would it be worthwhile adding clone_file_range() support to overlayfs?

Thanks,
Miklos
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