On the first getdents call, ovl_iterate() populates the readdir cache
with a list of entries, but for upper entries with origin lower inode,
p->ino remains zero.
Following getdents calls traverse the readdir cache list and call
ovl_cache_update_ino() for entries with zero p->ino to lookup the entry
in the overlay and return d_ino that is consistent with st_ino.
If the upper file was unlinked between the first getdents call and the
getdents call that lists the file entry, ovl_cache_update_ino() will not
find the entry and fall back to setting d_ino to the upper real st_ino,
which is inconsistent with how this object was presented to users.
Instead of listing a stale entry with inconsistent d_ino, simply skip
the stale entry, which is better for users.
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/overlayfs/readdir.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index cc1e80257064..10b7780e4bdc 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ static int ovl_cache_update_ino(struct path *path, struct ovl_cache_entry *p)
}
this = lookup_one_len(p->name, dir, p->len);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(this) || !this->d_inode) {
+ /* Mark a stale entry */
+ p->is_whiteout = true;
if (IS_ERR(this)) {
err = PTR_ERR(this);
this = NULL;
@@ -776,6 +778,9 @@ static int ovl_iterate(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
if (err)
goto out;
}
+ }
+ /* ovl_cache_update_ino() sets is_whiteout on stale entry */
+ if (!p->is_whiteout) {
if (!dir_emit(ctx, p->name, p->len, p->ino, p->type))
break;
}
--
2.25.1
