From d561f218564855f69791216882a2622af37e5776 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:44:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "ovl: fix may_write_real() for overlayfs directories" This reverts commit 954c736f865d6c0c68ae4263a2f3502ee7c447a3. Overlayfs no longer relies on the vfs for checking writability of files. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/namespace.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 8ddd14806799..76a742e36b32 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -468,9 +468,7 @@ static inline int may_write_real(struct file *file) /* File refers to upper, writable layer? */ upperdentry = d_real(dentry, NULL, 0, D_REAL_UPPER); - if (upperdentry && - (file_inode(file) == d_inode(upperdentry) || - file_inode(file) == d_inode(dentry))) + if (upperdentry && file_inode(file) == d_inode(upperdentry)) return 0; /* Lower layer: can't write to real file, sorry... */ -- 2.11.0