From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] ovl: reflow ovl_create_or_link()
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:15:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251114-work-ovl-cred-guard-prepare-v1-3-4fc1208afa3d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251114-work-ovl-cred-guard-prepare-v1-0-4fc1208afa3d@kernel.org>
Reflow the creation routine in preparation of porting it to a guard.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index a276eafb5e78..ff30a91e07f8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -644,14 +644,23 @@ static const struct cred *ovl_setup_cred_for_create(struct dentry *dentry,
return override_cred;
}
+static int do_ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+ struct ovl_cattr *attr)
+{
+ if (!ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(dentry))
+ return ovl_create_upper(dentry, inode, attr);
+
+ return ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, attr);
+}
+
static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
struct ovl_cattr *attr, bool origin)
{
int err;
- const struct cred *new_cred __free(put_cred) = NULL;
struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
scoped_class(override_creds_ovl, old_cred, dentry->d_sb) {
+ const struct cred *new_cred __free(put_cred) = NULL;
/*
* When linking a file with copy up origin into a new parent, mark the
* new parent dir "impure".
@@ -662,7 +671,6 @@ static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
return err;
}
- if (!attr->hardlink) {
/*
* In the creation cases(create, mkdir, mknod, symlink),
* ovl should transfer current's fs{u,g}id to underlying
@@ -676,16 +684,15 @@ static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
* create a new inode, so just use the ovl mounter's
* fs{u,g}id.
*/
+
+ if (attr->hardlink)
+ return do_ovl_create_or_link(dentry, inode, attr);
+
new_cred = ovl_setup_cred_for_create(dentry, inode, attr->mode, old_cred);
if (IS_ERR(new_cred))
return PTR_ERR(new_cred);
- }
-
- if (!ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(dentry))
- return ovl_create_upper(dentry, inode, attr);
-
- return ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, attr);
+ return do_ovl_create_or_link(dentry, inode, attr);
}
return err;
}
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-14 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-14 10:15 [PATCH 0/6] ovl: convert creation credential override to cred guard Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 10:15 ` [PATCH 1/6] ovl: add prepare_creds_ovl cleanup guard Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 12:04 ` Amir Goldstein
2025-11-14 13:34 ` Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 10:15 ` [PATCH 2/6] ovl: port ovl_create_tmpfile() to new " Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 10:15 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2025-11-14 11:52 ` [PATCH 3/6] ovl: reflow ovl_create_or_link() Amir Goldstein
2025-11-14 12:00 ` Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 12:07 ` Amir Goldstein
2025-11-14 17:41 ` Miklos Szeredi
2025-11-14 10:15 ` [PATCH 4/6] ovl: mark ovl_setup_cred_for_create() as unused temporarily Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 10:15 ` [PATCH 5/6] ovl: port ovl_create_or_link() to new prepare_creds_ovl cleanup guard Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 10:15 ` [PATCH 6/6] ovl: drop ovl_setup_cred_for_create() Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 12:15 ` [PATCH 0/6] ovl: convert creation credential override to cred guard Amir Goldstein
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