[PATCH 29/34] union-mount: Return files found in lower layers in __union_lookup()

From: Valerie Aurora
Date: Thu Sep 16 2010 - 18:16:11 EST


If we find a file during union lookup, don't look in any lower layers
and replace the topmost path with the file's path.

Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f6ad8b3..c6696d8 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -798,11 +798,34 @@ static int __lookup_union(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
continue;
}

+ /*
+ * Files block everything below them. Special case:
+ * If we find a file below a directory (which makes no
+ * sense), just ignore the file and return the
+ * directory above it.
+ */
+ if (!S_ISDIR(lower.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+ if (topmost->dentry->d_inode &&
+ S_ISDIR(topmost->dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+ goto out_lookup_done;
+ goto out_found_file;
+ }
+
/* XXX - do nothing, more in later patches */
path_put(&lower);
}
return 0;

+out_found_file:
+ /*
+ * Swap out the positive lower dentry with the negative upper
+ * dentry for this file. Note that the matching mntput() is done
+ * in link_path_walk().
+ */
+ dput(topmost->dentry);
+ *topmost = lower;
+ return 0;
+
out_lookup_done:
path_put(&lower);
return 0;
--
1.6.3.3

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