Re: [RFC][PATH 4/4] ovl: relax lock_rename when moving files between work and upper dir

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On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:02:21PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:44:43AM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> > If work dir and upper dir have a common parent, then it
> > is safe to move files between them without taking the super block
> > s_vfs_rename_mutex.
> > 
> > Since both upper dir and work dir (as well as $workdir/work)
> > are delete locked on overlay mount, they cannot be moved.
> 
> Do explain.  What do you mean, "delete locked" and why exactly can't they
> be moved?

More specifically, what makes you think that may_delete() is called before
any change of parent?
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