Change the semantics to take a reference on upperdentry instead of transferrig the reference. This is needed for upcoming port to new mount api. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/super.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c index ee9adb413d0e..280f2aa2f356 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c @@ -1922,6 +1922,8 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_get_root(struct super_block *sb, ovl_set_upperdata(d_inode(root)); ovl_inode_init(d_inode(root), &oip, ino, fsid); ovl_dentry_init_flags(root, upperdentry, oe, DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE); + /* root keeps a reference of upperdentry */ + dget(upperdentry); return root; } @@ -2100,7 +2102,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) if (!root_dentry) goto out_free_oe; - mntput(upperpath.mnt); + path_put(&upperpath); kfree(splitlower); sb->s_root = root_dentry; -- 2.34.1
