This reverts commit f3fbbb079263bd29ae592478de6808db7e708267. Overlayfs now works correctly without adding hacks to fsnotify. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/fsnotify.h | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h index bdaf22582f6e..fd1ce10553bf 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h @@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ static inline int fsnotify_parent(const struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry static inline int fsnotify_perm(struct file *file, int mask) { const struct path *path = &file->f_path; - /* - * Do not use file_inode() here or anywhere in this file to get the - * inode. That would break *notity on overlayfs. - */ - struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode; + struct inode *inode = file_inode(file); __u32 fsnotify_mask = 0; int ret; @@ -178,7 +174,7 @@ static inline void fsnotify_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry) static inline void fsnotify_access(struct file *file) { const struct path *path = &file->f_path; - struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode; + struct inode *inode = file_inode(file); __u32 mask = FS_ACCESS; if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) @@ -196,7 +192,7 @@ static inline void fsnotify_access(struct file *file) static inline void fsnotify_modify(struct file *file) { const struct path *path = &file->f_path; - struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode; + struct inode *inode = file_inode(file); __u32 mask = FS_MODIFY; if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) @@ -214,7 +210,7 @@ static inline void fsnotify_modify(struct file *file) static inline void fsnotify_open(struct file *file) { const struct path *path = &file->f_path; - struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode; + struct inode *inode = file_inode(file); __u32 mask = FS_OPEN; if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) @@ -230,7 +226,7 @@ static inline void fsnotify_open(struct file *file) static inline void fsnotify_close(struct file *file) { const struct path *path = &file->f_path; - struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode; + struct inode *inode = file_inode(file); fmode_t mode = file->f_mode; __u32 mask = (mode & FMODE_WRITE) ? FS_CLOSE_WRITE : FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE; -- 2.14.3 -- 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