On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Before calling write f_ops, call file_start_write() instead >> of sb_start_write(). >> >> This ensures freeze protection for both overlay and upper fs >> when file is open from an overlayfs mount. >> >> Replace {sb,file}_start_write() for {copy,clone}_file_range() and >> for fallocate(). >> >> For dedup_file_range() there is no need for mnt_want_write_file(). >> File is already open for write, so we already have mnt_want_write() >> and we only need file_start_write(). > > Being opened for write is not verified if capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN). > Ugly special case, don't ask me why it's done... > Miklos, Your comment was correct, but you applied the patch as is with the dedup_file_range() change to overlayfs-next regardless. mistake?? I was preparing to re-send without the dedup_file_range() bits, but then I realized that it is possible to get to fallocate() and copy_file_range() with non regular file, so I did not re-send. I'll re-post with another patch to limit fallocate() and copy_file_range() to regular file in vfs helper. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-unionfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html