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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-09-19 03:33:32 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-09-19 03:33:32 +0300 |
| commit | b6c0d35772468173b5d3a7f6162079611e68a1e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 8c6f3805da45a2d6f23d79fa42424cdd53f7c5e8 /Documentation/filesystems | |
| parent | 7d14df2d280fb7411eba2eb96682da0683ad97f6 (diff) | |
| parent | 5c2e9f346b815841f9bed6029ebcb06415caf640 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b6c0d35772468173b5d3a7f6162079611e68a1e8.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'ovl-fixes-5.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs
Pull overlayfs fixes from Miklos Szeredi:
"Fix a regression in docker introduced by overlayfs changes in 4.19.
Also fix a couple of miscellaneous bugs"
* tag 'ovl-fixes-5.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs:
ovl: filter of trusted xattr results in audit
ovl: Fix dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
ovl: fix regression caused by overlapping layers detection
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt index 1da2f1668f08..845d689e0fd7 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ beneath or above the path of another overlay lower layer path. Using an upper layer path and/or a workdir path that are already used by another overlay mount is not allowed and may fail with EBUSY. Using -partially overlapping paths is not allowed but will not fail with EBUSY. +partially overlapping paths is not allowed and may fail with EBUSY. If files are accessed from two overlayfs mounts which share or overlap the upper layer and/or workdir path the behavior of the overlay is undefined, though it will not result in a crash or deadlock. |