Drop the rename lock immediately after the rename, and use ovl_cleanup_unlocked() for cleanup. This makes way for future changes where locks are taken on individual dentries rather than the whole directory. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c index 2b879d7c386e..5afe17cee305 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c @@ -1270,9 +1270,10 @@ static int ovl_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *olddir, new_upperdir, newdentry, flags); if (err) goto out_dput; + unlock_rename(new_upperdir, old_upperdir); if (cleanup_whiteout) - ovl_cleanup(ofs, old_upperdir->d_inode, newdentry); + ovl_cleanup_unlocked(ofs, old_upperdir, newdentry); if (overwrite && d_inode(new)) { if (new_is_dir) @@ -1291,12 +1292,8 @@ static int ovl_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *olddir, if (d_inode(new) && ovl_dentry_upper(new)) ovl_copyattr(d_inode(new)); -out_dput: dput(newdentry); -out_dput_old: dput(olddentry); -out_unlock: - unlock_rename(new_upperdir, old_upperdir); out_revert_creds: ovl_revert_creds(old_cred); if (update_nlink) @@ -1307,6 +1304,14 @@ static int ovl_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *olddir, dput(opaquedir); ovl_cache_free(&list); return err; + +out_dput: + dput(newdentry); +out_dput_old: + dput(olddentry); +out_unlock: + unlock_rename(new_upperdir, old_upperdir); + goto out_revert_creds; } static int ovl_create_tmpfile(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, -- 2.49.0