FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ovl: copy new uid/gid into overlayfs runtime inode" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ovl: copy new uid/gid into overlayfs runtime inode" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From b81de061fa59f17d2730aabb1b84419ef3913810 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:21:29 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] ovl: copy new uid/gid into overlayfs runtime inode

Overlayfs must update uid/gid after chown, otherwise functions
like inode_owner_or_capable() will check user against stale uid.
Catched by xfstests generic/087, it chowns file and calls utimes.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 49e204560655..a4ff5d0d7db9 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ int ovl_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 
 		inode_lock(upperdentry->d_inode);
 		err = notify_change(upperdentry, attr, NULL);
+		if (!err)
+			ovl_copyattr(upperdentry->d_inode, dentry->d_inode);
 		inode_unlock(upperdentry->d_inode);
 	}
 	ovl_drop_write(dentry);