Rather than using lock_rename(), use the more obvious is_subdir() for ensuring that neither upper nor workdir contain the other. Also be explicit in the comment that the two directories cannot be the same. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/super.c | 14 ++++---------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c index cf99b276fdfb..db046b0d6a68 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c @@ -438,18 +438,12 @@ static int ovl_lower_dir(const char *name, struct path *path, return 0; } -/* Workdir should not be subdir of upperdir and vice versa */ +/* Workdir should not be subdir of upperdir and vice versa, and + * they should not be the same. + */ static bool ovl_workdir_ok(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *upperdir) { - bool ok = false; - - if (workdir != upperdir) { - struct dentry *trap = lock_rename(workdir, upperdir); - if (!IS_ERR(trap)) - unlock_rename(workdir, upperdir); - ok = (trap == NULL); - } - return ok; + return !is_subdir(workdir, upperdir) && !is_subdir(upperdir, workdir); } static int ovl_setup_trap(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dir, -- 2.49.0