From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932777AbcHCRcc (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2016 13:32:32 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:40684 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932291AbcHCRca (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2016 13:32:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 18:32:28 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] fix overlayfs deadlock in file_remove_privs() Message-ID: <20160803173227.GH2356@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20160803163029.GD25404@veci.piliscsaba.szeredi.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160803163029.GD25404@veci.piliscsaba.szeredi.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 06:30:29PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > Hi Al, > > Please pull from: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs.git for-viro > > This fixes the deadlock introduced by making the suid removal actually work on > overlayfs. > > Responsible commit 07a2daab49c5 ("ovl: Copy up underlying inode's ->i_mode to > overlay inode") unfortunately slipped through my testing and 4.7 was released > with this bug. > > Two more patches are cleaning away unneeded exports of related helpers. Pulled, will push tonight.