When "ovl_is_inuse" true case, trap inode reference not put.
plus adding the comment explaining sequence of
ovl_is_inuse after ovl_setup_trap.
Signed-off-by: youngjun <her0gyugyu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/overlayfs/super.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 91476bc422f9..0396793dadb8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1029,6 +1029,12 @@ static const struct xattr_handler *ovl_xattr_handlers[] = {
NULL
};
+/*
+ * Check if lower root conflicts with this overlay layers before checking
+ * if it is in-use as upperdir/workdir of "another" mount, because we do
+ * not bother to check in ovl_is_inuse() if the upperdir/workdir is in fact
+ * in-use by our upperdir/workdir.
+ */
static int ovl_setup_trap(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dir,
struct inode **ptrap, const char *name)
{
@@ -1499,8 +1505,10 @@ static int ovl_get_layers(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
if (ovl_is_inuse(stack[i].dentry)) {
err = ovl_report_in_use(ofs, "lowerdir");
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ iput(trap);
goto out;
+ }
}
mnt = clone_private_mount(&stack[i]);
--
2.17.1
Thank you for comment Amir. I modified patch as you said.
