linking a non-copied-up file into a non-copied-up parent results in a nested call to mutex_lock_interruptible(&oi->lock). Fix this by copying up target parent before ovl_nlink_start(), same as done in ovl_rename(). ~/unionmount-testsuite$ ./run --ov -s ~/unionmount-testsuite$ ln /mnt/a/foo100 /mnt/a/dir100/ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected -------------------------------------------- ln/1545 is trying to acquire lock: 00000000bcce7c4c (&ovl_i_lock_key[depth]){+.+.}, at: ovl_copy_up_start+0x28/0x7d but task is already holding lock: 0000000026d73d5b (&ovl_i_lock_key[depth]){+.+.}, at: ovl_nlink_start+0x3c/0xc1 Reported-by: syzbot+3ef5c0d1a5cb0b21e6be@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 5f8415d6b87e ("ovl: persistent overlay inode nlink for...") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.13 Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c index 276914ae3c60..e1a55ecb7aba 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c @@ -663,6 +663,10 @@ static int ovl_link(struct dentry *old, struct inode *newdir, if (err) goto out_drop_write; + err = ovl_copy_up(new->d_parent); + if (err) + goto out_drop_write; + if (ovl_is_metacopy_dentry(old)) { err = ovl_set_redirect(old, false); if (err) -- 2.17.1