Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the overlayfs tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Sun Jun 17 2018 - 23:43:32 EST


Hi all,

On Tue, 29 May 2018 11:30:35 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the vfs tree got a conflict in:
>
> fs/read_write.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 63ea46a359b2 ("vfs: dedupe: extract helper for a single dedup")
>
> from the overlayfs tree and commit:
>
> 227627114799 ("fs: avoid fdput() after failed fdget() in vfs_dedupe_file_range()")
>
> from the vfs tree.
>
> I can't see how to easily fix up this conflict, so I effectively dropped
> the vfs tree change.
>
> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary. This
> is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial
> conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree
> is submitted for merging. You may also want to consider cooperating
> with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly
> complex conflicts.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell
>
> diff --cc fs/read_write.c
> index 4d61375a0de4,e83bd9744b5d..000000000000
> --- a/fs/read_write.c
> +++ b/fs/read_write.c
> @@@ -2055,21 -2021,46 +2055,20 @@@ int vfs_dedupe_file_range(struct file *
>
> if (info->reserved) {
> info->status = -EINVAL;
> - } else if (!(is_admin || (dst_file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))) {
> - info->status = -EINVAL;
> - } else if (file->f_path.mnt != dst_file->f_path.mnt) {
> - info->status = -EXDEV;
> - } else if (S_ISDIR(dst->i_mode)) {
> - info->status = -EISDIR;
> - } else if (dst_file->f_op->dedupe_file_range == NULL) {
> - info->status = -EINVAL;
> - } else {
> - deduped = dst_file->f_op->dedupe_file_range(file, off,
> - len, dst_file,
> - info->dest_offset);
> - if (deduped == -EBADE)
> - info->status = FILE_DEDUPE_RANGE_DIFFERS;
> - else if (deduped < 0)
> - info->status = deduped;
> - else
> - info->bytes_deduped += deduped;
> + goto next_loop;
> }
>
> -next_file:
> - mnt_drop_write_file(dst_file);
> -next_fdput:
> - fdput(dst_fd);
> + deduped = vfs_dedupe_file_range_one(file, off, dst_file,
> + info->dest_offset, len);
> + if (deduped == -EBADE)
> + info->status = FILE_DEDUPE_RANGE_DIFFERS;
> + else if (deduped < 0)
> + info->status = deduped;
> + else
> + info->bytes_deduped += deduped;
> +
> next_loop:
> + fdput(dst_fd);
> -
> if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
> goto out;
> }

This is now a conflict between the overlayfs tree and Linus' tree.

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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