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2016-12-16ovl: redirect on rename-dirMiklos Szeredi
Current code returns EXDEV when a directory would need to be copied up to move. We could copy up the directory tree in this case, but there's another, simpler solution: point to old lower directory from moved upper directory. This is achieved with a "trusted.overlay.redirect" xattr storing the path relative to the root of the overlay. After such attribute has been set, the directory can be moved without further actions required. This is a backward incompatible feature, old kernels won't be able to correctly mount an overlay containing redirected directories. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
2016-12-16ovl: lookup redirectsMiklos Szeredi
If a directory has the "trusted.overlay.redirect" xattr, it means that the value of the xattr should be used to find the underlying directory on the next lower layer. The redirect may be relative or absolute. Absolute redirects begin with a slash. A relative redirect means: instead of the current dentry's name use the value of the redirect to find the directory in the next lower layer. Relative redirects must not contain a slash. An absolute redirect means: look up the directory relative to the root of the overlay using the value of the redirect in the next lower layer. Redirects work on lower layers as well. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
2016-12-16ovl: check namelenMiklos Szeredi
We already calculate f_namelen in statfs as the maximum of the name lengths provided by the filesystems taking part in the overlay. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
2016-12-16ovl: split super.cMiklos Szeredi
fs/overlayfs/super.c is the biggest of the overlayfs source files and it contains various utility functions as well as the rather complicated lookup code. Split these parts out to separate files. Before: 1446 fs/overlayfs/super.c After: 919 fs/overlayfs/super.c 267 fs/overlayfs/namei.c 235 fs/overlayfs/util.c 51 fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>