@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ void ovl_path_lowerdata(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_real(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
struct dentry *ovl_dentry_upper(struct dentry *dentry);
struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lower(struct dentry *dentry);
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lowerdata(struct dentry *dentry);
struct ovl_layer *ovl_layer_lower(struct dentry *dentry);
struct dentry *ovl_dentry_real(struct dentry *dentry);
struct dentry *ovl_i_dentry_upper(struct inode *inode);
@@ -207,6 +207,19 @@ struct ovl_layer *ovl_layer_lower(struct dentry *dentry)
return oe->numlower ? oe->lowerstack[0].layer : NULL;
}
+/*
+ * ovl_dentry_lower() could return either a data dentry or metacopy dentry
+ * dependig on what is stored in lowerstack[0]. At times we need to find
+ * lower dentry which has data (and not metacopy dentry). This helper
+ * returns the lower data dentry.
+ */
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lowerdata(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+ return oe->numlower ? oe->lowerstack[oe->numlower - 1].dentry : NULL;
+}
+
struct dentry *ovl_dentry_real(struct dentry *dentry)
{
return ovl_dentry_upper(dentry) ?: ovl_dentry_lower(dentry);