Miklos, This is v3 series of redirect by file handle and constant inode numbers. this series fixes constant inode numbers for stat(2) with any layer configuration. For the case of all *lower* layers on same fs that supports NFS export, redirect by file handle will be used to optimize the lookup of the copy up origin of non-dir inode. For the case of *all* layers on same fs, overlayfs also gains: - Persistent inode numbers for directories - Consistent st_dev for all overlay objects Consistcy of stat(2) st_ino with readdir(3) d_ino is NOT addressed by this series. It will be addressed for the 'samefs' configuration by the follow up 'stable inode' work, which is also going to address preserving hardlinks on copy up. This series is available for testing on [1]. unionmount-testsuite was instrumented to verify constant inode numbers after rename/link and mount cycle [2]. Tested the following layer configurations: ./run --ov{,=0,=1} {,--samefs} The following test fails the constant inode number verification of upper hardlink in the non-same-lower-fs configuration: ./run --ov=1 hard-link xfstest overlay/017 was added a check for constant and persistent inode numbers across rename and mount cycle [3]. Tested also ./check -overlay -g quick. Changes since v2: - Storing uuid of lower origin (and root fh for now) - Re-factor ovl_lookup_single() (per your comment) - Verify uuid of same_lower_sb (allow zero uuid) - Find layer by root fh (see how you feel about that) - d_drop() ovl_link() target (please comment on that) - Updated overlayfs.txt Amir. [1] https://github.com/amir73il/linux/commits/ovl-constino [2] https://github.com/amir73il/unionmount-testsuite/commits/overlayfs-devel [3] https://github.com/amir73il/xfstests/commits/overlayfs-devel Amir Goldstein (16): ovl: store path type in dentry ovl: cram opaque boolean into type flags ovl: check if all layers are on the same fs ovl: store file handle of lower inode on copy up ovl: use an auxiliary var for overlay root entry ovl: factor out ovl_lookup_data() ovl: lookup redirect by file handle ovl: validate lower layer uuid and root on redirect by fh ovl: lookup non-dir inode copy up origin ovl: set the COPYUP type flag for non-dirs ovl: redirect non-dir by path on rename ovl: constant st_ino/st_dev across copy up ovl: persistent inode number for directories ovl: fix du --one-file-system on overlay mount ovl: persistent inode numbers for hardlinks ovl: update documentation w.r.t. constant inode numbers Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt | 19 +- fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c | 142 +++++++++++++++ fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 31 +++- fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 21 ++- fs/overlayfs/namei.c | 311 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h | 37 ++++ fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h | 9 +- fs/overlayfs/super.c | 24 +++ fs/overlayfs/util.c | 83 ++++++++- 9 files changed, 622 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4 -- 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