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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c index d139405d2bfa..2578a0c0677d 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c @@ -506,11 +506,25 @@ static int ovl_remove_and_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, bool is_dir) struct dentry *opaquedir = NULL; int err; - if (is_dir && OVL_TYPE_MERGE_OR_LOWER(ovl_path_type(dentry))) { - opaquedir = ovl_check_empty_and_clear(dentry); - err = PTR_ERR(opaquedir); - if (IS_ERR(opaquedir)) - goto out; + if (is_dir) { + if (OVL_TYPE_MERGE_OR_LOWER(ovl_path_type(dentry))) { + opaquedir = ovl_check_empty_and_clear(dentry); + err = PTR_ERR(opaquedir); + if (IS_ERR(opaquedir)) + goto out; + } else { + LIST_HEAD(list); + + /* + * When removing an empty opaque directory, then it + * makes no sense to replace it with an exact replica of + * itself. But emptiness still needs to be checked. + */ + err = ovl_check_empty_dir(dentry, &list); + ovl_cache_free(&list); + if (err) + goto out; + } } err = ovl_lock_rename_workdir(workdir, upperdir); |