| Message ID | 20180412150826.20988-21-mszeredi@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index d509705d5740..1d1a52908b0f 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -857,13 +857,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_path); int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *file, const struct cred *cred) { - struct dentry *dentry = d_real(path->dentry, NULL, file->f_flags, 0); - - if (IS_ERR(dentry)) - return PTR_ERR(dentry); - file->f_path = *path; - return do_dentry_open(file, d_backing_inode(dentry), NULL, cred); + return do_dentry_open(file, d_backing_inode(path->dentry), NULL, cred); } struct file *path_open(const struct path *path, int flags, struct inode *inode,
Let overlayfs do its thing when opening a file. This enables stacking and fixes the corner case when a file is opened for read, modified through a writable open, and data is read from the read-only file. After this patch the read-only open will not return stale data even in this case. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> --- fs/open.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)