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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c index ded8bfeb193e..a2a65120c9d0 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c @@ -392,10 +392,15 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_locked(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *upperdir, /* * Store identifier of lower inode in upper inode xattr to * allow lookup of the copy up origin inode. + * + * Don't set origin when we are breaking the association with a lower + * hard link. */ - err = ovl_set_origin(dentry, lowerpath->dentry, temp); - if (err) - goto out_cleanup; + if (S_ISDIR(stat->mode) || stat->nlink == 1) { + err = ovl_set_origin(dentry, lowerpath->dentry, temp); + if (err) + goto out_cleanup; + } upper = lookup_one_len(dentry->d_name.name, upperdir, dentry->d_name.len); |