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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index ae81d878248e..55ab99131a72 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -463,6 +463,23 @@ void ovl_inuse_unlock(struct dentry *dentry)
}
}
+/*
+ * Does this overlay dentry need to be indexed on copy up?
+ */
+bool ovl_need_index(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ struct dentry *lower = ovl_dentry_lower(dentry);
+
+ if (!lower || !ovl_indexdir(dentry->d_sb))
+ return false;
+
+ /* Index only lower hardlinks on copy up */
+ if (!d_is_dir(lower) && d_inode(lower)->i_nlink > 1)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
/* Caller must hold OVL_I(inode)->lock */
static void ovl_cleanup_index(struct dentry *dentry)
{
@@ -533,11 +550,11 @@ int ovl_nlink_start(struct dentry *dentry, bool *locked)
/*
* With inodes index is enabled, we store the union overlay nlink
- * in an xattr on the index inode. When whiting out lower hardlinks
+ * in an xattr on the index inode. When whiting out an indexed lower,
* we need to decrement the overlay persistent nlink, but before the
* first copy up, we have no upper index inode to store the xattr.
*
- * As a workaround, before whiteout/rename over of a lower hardlink,
+ * As a workaround, before whiteout/rename over an indexed lower,
* copy up to create the upper index. Creating the upper index will
* initialize the overlay nlink, so it could be dropped if unlink
* or rename succeeds.
@@ -545,8 +562,7 @@ int ovl_nlink_start(struct dentry *dentry, bool *locked)
* TODO: implement metadata only index copy up when called with
* ovl_copy_up_flags(dentry, O_PATH).
*/
- if (ovl_indexdir(dentry->d_sb) && !ovl_dentry_has_upper_alias(dentry) &&
- d_inode(ovl_dentry_lower(dentry))->i_nlink > 1) {
+ if (ovl_need_index(dentry) && !ovl_dentry_has_upper_alias(dentry)) {
err = ovl_copy_up(dentry);
if (err)
return err;