> Miklos,
>
> Seeing that it wasn't fixed in 4.18..
>
> > I've nothing against applying "new primitive: discard_new_inode() now
> > + this patch, but if it is deemed too risky at this point, we could
> > just revert the buggy commit 80ea09a002bf ("vfs: factor out
> > inode_insert5()") and its dependencies.
> >
>
> Should we propose for stable the upstream commits:
> e950564b97fd vfs: don't evict uninitialized inode
> c2b6d621c4ff new primitive: discard_new_inode()
>
> Or should we go with the independent v1 patch:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10511969/
>
Greg,
To fix a 4.18 overlayfs regression please apply the following
3 upstream commits (in apply order):
c2b6d621c4ff new primitive: discard_new_inode()
e950564b97fd vfs: don't evict uninitialized inode
6faf05c2b2b4 ovl: set I_CREATING on inode being created
Thanks,
Amir.
