ovl_check_rename_whiteout() now only holds the directory lock when needed, and takes it again if necessary. 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/super.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c index 3583e359655f..8331667b8101 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c @@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ static int ovl_get_upper(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs, static int ovl_check_rename_whiteout(struct ovl_fs *ofs) { struct dentry *workdir = ofs->workdir; - struct inode *dir = d_inode(workdir); struct dentry *temp; struct dentry *dest; struct dentry *whiteout; @@ -571,19 +570,22 @@ static int ovl_check_rename_whiteout(struct ovl_fs *ofs) err = PTR_ERR(dest); if (IS_ERR(dest)) { dput(temp); - goto out_unlock; + unlock_rename(workdir, workdir); + goto out; } /* Name is inline and stable - using snapshot as a copy helper */ take_dentry_name_snapshot(&name, temp); err = ovl_do_rename(ofs, workdir, temp, workdir, dest, RENAME_WHITEOUT); + unlock_rename(workdir, workdir); if (err) { if (err == -EINVAL) err = 0; goto cleanup_temp; } - whiteout = ovl_lookup_upper(ofs, name.name.name, workdir, name.name.len); + whiteout = ovl_lookup_upper_unlocked(ofs, name.name.name, + workdir, name.name.len); err = PTR_ERR(whiteout); if (IS_ERR(whiteout)) goto cleanup_temp; @@ -592,18 +594,16 @@ static int ovl_check_rename_whiteout(struct ovl_fs *ofs) /* Best effort cleanup of whiteout and temp file */ if (err) - ovl_cleanup(ofs, dir, whiteout); + ovl_cleanup_unlocked(ofs, workdir, whiteout); dput(whiteout); cleanup_temp: - ovl_cleanup(ofs, dir, temp); + ovl_cleanup_unlocked(ofs, workdir, temp); release_dentry_name_snapshot(&name); dput(temp); dput(dest); -out_unlock: - unlock_rename(workdir, workdir); - +out: return err; } -- 2.49.0