aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/overlayfs/readdir.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/readdir.c17
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 8c98578d27a1..e258c234f357 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -593,8 +593,15 @@ static struct ovl_dir_cache *ovl_cache_get_impure(struct path *path)
return ERR_PTR(res);
}
if (list_empty(&cache->entries)) {
- /* Good oportunity to get rid of an unnecessary "impure" flag */
- ovl_do_removexattr(ovl_dentry_upper(dentry), OVL_XATTR_IMPURE);
+ /*
+ * A good opportunity to get rid of an unneeded "impure" flag.
+ * Removing the "impure" xattr is best effort.
+ */
+ if (!ovl_want_write(dentry)) {
+ ovl_do_removexattr(ovl_dentry_upper(dentry),
+ OVL_XATTR_IMPURE);
+ ovl_drop_write(dentry);
+ }
ovl_clear_flag(OVL_IMPURE, d_inode(dentry));
kfree(cache);
return NULL;
@@ -769,10 +776,14 @@ static int ovl_dir_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
struct file *realfile = od->realfile;
+ /* Nothing to sync for lower */
+ if (!OVL_TYPE_UPPER(ovl_path_type(dentry)))
+ return 0;
+
/*
* Need to check if we started out being a lower dir, but got copied up
*/
- if (!od->is_upper && OVL_TYPE_UPPER(ovl_path_type(dentry))) {
+ if (!od->is_upper) {
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
realfile = READ_ONCE(od->upperfile);