Fixes: caf70cb2ba5d ("ovl: cleanup orphan index entries") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.13 Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/util.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c index 117794582f9f..a1bf81d352b4 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ void ovl_inuse_unlock(struct dentry *dentry) } } -/* Called must hold OVL_I(inode)->oi_lock */ +/* Caller must hold OVL_I(inode)->lock */ static void ovl_cleanup_index(struct dentry *dentry) { struct inode *dir = ovl_indexdir(dentry->d_sb)->d_inode; @@ -466,9 +466,12 @@ static void ovl_cleanup_index(struct dentry *dentry) inode_lock_nested(dir, I_MUTEX_PARENT); /* TODO: whiteout instead of cleanup to block future open by handle */ index = lookup_one_len(name.name, ovl_indexdir(dentry->d_sb), name.len); - err = PTR_ERR(index); - if (!IS_ERR(index)) + if (!IS_ERR(index)) { err = ovl_cleanup(dir, index); + } else { + err = PTR_ERR(index); + index = NULL; + } inode_unlock(dir); if (err) goto fail; -- 2.7.4