ovl: redirect on rename-dir
Current code returns EXDEV when a directory would need to be copied up to
move. We could copy up the directory tree in this case, but there's
another, simpler solution: point to old lower directory from moved upper
directory.
This is achieved with a "trusted.overlay.redirect" xattr storing the path
relative to the root of the overlay. After such attribute has been set,
the directory can be moved without further actions required.
This is a backward incompatible feature, old kernels won't be able to
correctly mount an overlay containing redirected directories.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index f18c1a6..e191c63 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -324,17 +324,11 @@
/*
* Copy up a single dentry
*
- * Directory renames only allowed on "pure upper" (already created on
- * upper filesystem, never copied up). Directories which are on lower or
- * are merged may not be renamed. For these -EXDEV is returned and
- * userspace has to deal with it. This means, when copying up a
- * directory we can rely on it and ancestors being stable.
- *
- * Non-directory renames start with copy up of source if necessary. The
- * actual rename will only proceed once the copy up was successful. Copy
- * up uses upper parent i_mutex for exclusion. Since rename can change
- * d_parent it is possible that the copy up will lock the old parent. At
- * that point the file will have already been copied up anyway.
+ * All renames start with copy up of source if necessary. The actual
+ * rename will only proceed once the copy up was successful. Copy up uses
+ * upper parent i_mutex for exclusion. Since rename can change d_parent it
+ * is possible that the copy up will lock the old parent. At that point
+ * the file will have already been copied up anyway.
*/
int ovl_copy_up_one(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
struct path *lowerpath, struct kstat *stat)
@@ -346,7 +340,6 @@
struct path parentpath;
struct dentry *lowerdentry = lowerpath->dentry;
struct dentry *upperdir;
- struct dentry *upperdentry;
const char *link = NULL;
if (WARN_ON(!workdir))
@@ -372,8 +365,7 @@
pr_err("overlayfs: failed to lock workdir+upperdir\n");
goto out_unlock;
}
- upperdentry = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
- if (upperdentry) {
+ if (ovl_dentry_upper(dentry)) {
/* Raced with another copy-up? Nothing to do, then... */
err = 0;
goto out_unlock;