[PATCH v2 07/10] ovl: look up overlay inodes with a key structure
From: Josef Bacik
Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 21:11:13 EST
A following patch adds fake overlay inodes, which are hashed by the same
real inode as an overlay inode or a trap inode. Pass a key with the real
inode and the kind of inode to ovl_inode_test() and ovl_inode_set(), so
that all lookups share one test function.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 5895ee5aa771..88cec47d0bc8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -1069,17 +1069,50 @@ struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
return inode;
}
+/*
+ * An overlay inode is hashed by a real inode. A real inode can have a fake
+ * overlay inode next to its overlay inode or its trap inode.
+ */
+struct ovl_inode_key {
+ struct inode *real;
+ bool fake;
+};
+
static int ovl_inode_test(struct inode *inode, void *data)
{
- return inode->i_private == data;
+ struct ovl_inode_key *key = data;
+
+ return inode->i_private == key->real &&
+ ovl_test_flag(OVL_FAKE, inode) == key->fake;
}
static int ovl_inode_set(struct inode *inode, void *data)
{
- inode->i_private = data;
+ struct ovl_inode_key *key = data;
+
+ inode->i_private = key->real;
+ if (key->fake)
+ ovl_set_flag(OVL_FAKE, inode);
return 0;
}
+static struct inode *ovl_ilookup(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *real,
+ bool fake)
+{
+ struct ovl_inode_key key = { .real = real, .fake = fake };
+
+ return ilookup5(sb, (unsigned long)real, ovl_inode_test, &key);
+}
+
+static struct inode *ovl_iget_locked(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *real,
+ bool fake)
+{
+ struct ovl_inode_key key = { .real = real, .fake = fake };
+
+ return iget5_locked(sb, (unsigned long)real, ovl_inode_test,
+ ovl_inode_set, &key);
+}
+
static bool ovl_verify_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *lowerdentry,
struct dentry *upperdentry, bool strict)
{
@@ -1123,7 +1156,7 @@ struct inode *ovl_lookup_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *real,
{
struct inode *inode, *key = d_inode(real);
- inode = ilookup5(sb, (unsigned long) key, ovl_inode_test, key);
+ inode = ovl_ilookup(sb, key, false);
if (!inode)
return NULL;
@@ -1142,7 +1175,7 @@ bool ovl_lookup_trap_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dir)
struct inode *trap;
bool res;
- trap = ilookup5(sb, (unsigned long) key, ovl_inode_test, key);
+ trap = ovl_ilookup(sb, key, false);
if (!trap)
return false;
@@ -1166,8 +1199,7 @@ struct inode *ovl_get_trap_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dir)
if (!d_is_dir(dir))
return ERR_PTR(-ENOTDIR);
- trap = iget5_locked(sb, (unsigned long) key, ovl_inode_test,
- ovl_inode_set, key);
+ trap = ovl_iget_locked(sb, key, false);
if (!trap)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -1218,12 +1250,15 @@ static bool ovl_hash_bylower(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *upper,
}
static struct inode *ovl_iget5(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *newinode,
- struct inode *key)
+ struct inode *real)
{
- return newinode ? inode_insert5(newinode, (unsigned long) key,
- ovl_inode_test, ovl_inode_set, key) :
- iget5_locked(sb, (unsigned long) key,
- ovl_inode_test, ovl_inode_set, key);
+ struct ovl_inode_key key = { .real = real };
+
+ if (!newinode)
+ return ovl_iget_locked(sb, real, false);
+
+ return inode_insert5(newinode, (unsigned long)real, ovl_inode_test,
+ ovl_inode_set, &key);
}
struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index d3a897e46ccb..f884e6695d2c 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ enum ovl_inode_flag {
OVL_CONST_INO,
OVL_HAS_DIGEST,
OVL_VERIFIED_DIGEST,
+ /*
+ * A fake inode: not the overlay inode or the trap inode of the real
+ * inode that it is hashed by.
+ */
+ OVL_FAKE,
};
enum ovl_entry_flag {
--
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