Re: [4.4.y PATCH] Revert "ovl: modify ovl_permission() to do checks on two inodes"

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 06:49:58PM +0000, Ioanna Alifieraki wrote:
> This reverts commit b24be4acd17a8963a29b2a92e1d80b9ddf759c95.
> 
> Commit b24be4acd17a ("ovl: modify ovl_permission() to do checks on two
> inodes") (stable kernel  id) breaks r/w access in overlayfs when setting
> ACL to files, in 4.4 stable kernel. There is an available reproducer in
> [1].

Thanks, now reverted.

greg k-h