v4.19.13 snapshot.
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Novell Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/cred.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <linux/exportfs.h>
+#include <linux/uuid.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+#include "overlayfs.h"
+
+int ovl_want_write(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	return mnt_want_write(ofs->upper_mnt);
+}
+
+void ovl_drop_write(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	mnt_drop_write(ofs->upper_mnt);
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_workdir(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	return ofs->workdir;
+}
+
+const struct cred *ovl_override_creds(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	return override_creds(ofs->creator_cred);
+}
+
+struct super_block *ovl_same_sb(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	if (!ofs->numlowerfs)
+		return ofs->upper_mnt->mnt_sb;
+	else if (ofs->numlowerfs == 1 && !ofs->upper_mnt)
+		return ofs->lower_fs[0].sb;
+	else
+		return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if underlying fs supports file handles and try to determine encoding
+ * type, in order to deduce maximum inode number used by fs.
+ *
+ * Return 0 if file handles are not supported.
+ * Return 1 (FILEID_INO32_GEN) if fs uses the default 32bit inode encoding.
+ * Return -1 if fs uses a non default encoding with unknown inode size.
+ */
+int ovl_can_decode_fh(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	if (!sb->s_export_op || !sb->s_export_op->fh_to_dentry ||
+	    uuid_is_null(&sb->s_uuid))
+		return 0;
+
+	return sb->s_export_op->encode_fh ? -1 : FILEID_INO32_GEN;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_indexdir(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	return ofs->indexdir;
+}
+
+/* Index all files on copy up. For now only enabled for NFS export */
+bool ovl_index_all(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	return ofs->config.nfs_export && ofs->config.index;
+}
+
+/* Verify lower origin on lookup. For now only enabled for NFS export */
+bool ovl_verify_lower(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	return ofs->config.nfs_export && ofs->config.index;
+}
+
+struct ovl_entry *ovl_alloc_entry(unsigned int numlower)
+{
+	size_t size = offsetof(struct ovl_entry, lowerstack[numlower]);
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (oe)
+		oe->numlower = numlower;
+
+	return oe;
+}
+
+bool ovl_dentry_remote(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return dentry->d_flags &
+		(DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE | DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE |
+		 DCACHE_OP_REAL);
+}
+
+bool ovl_dentry_weird(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return dentry->d_flags & (DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT |
+				  DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT |
+				  DCACHE_OP_HASH |
+				  DCACHE_OP_COMPARE);
+}
+
+enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_type(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	enum ovl_path_type type = 0;
+
+	if (ovl_dentry_upper(dentry)) {
+		type = __OVL_PATH_UPPER;
+
+		/*
+		 * Non-dir dentry can hold lower dentry of its copy up origin.
+		 */
+		if (oe->numlower) {
+			if (ovl_test_flag(OVL_CONST_INO, d_inode(dentry)))
+				type |= __OVL_PATH_ORIGIN;
+			if (d_is_dir(dentry) ||
+			    !ovl_has_upperdata(d_inode(dentry)))
+				type |= __OVL_PATH_MERGE;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (oe->numlower > 1)
+			type |= __OVL_PATH_MERGE;
+	}
+	return type;
+}
+
+void ovl_path_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	path->mnt = ofs->upper_mnt;
+	path->dentry = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
+}
+
+void ovl_path_lower(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	if (oe->numlower) {
+		path->mnt = oe->lowerstack[0].layer->mnt;
+		path->dentry = oe->lowerstack[0].dentry;
+	} else {
+		*path = (struct path) { };
+	}
+}
+
+void ovl_path_lowerdata(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	if (oe->numlower) {
+		path->mnt = oe->lowerstack[oe->numlower - 1].layer->mnt;
+		path->dentry = oe->lowerstack[oe->numlower - 1].dentry;
+	} else {
+		*path = (struct path) { };
+	}
+}
+
+enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_real(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
+{
+	enum ovl_path_type type = ovl_path_type(dentry);
+
+	if (!OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type))
+		ovl_path_lower(dentry, path);
+	else
+		ovl_path_upper(dentry, path);
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_upper(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return ovl_upperdentry_dereference(OVL_I(d_inode(dentry)));
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lower(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	return oe->numlower ? oe->lowerstack[0].dentry : NULL;
+}
+
+struct ovl_layer *ovl_layer_lower(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	return oe->numlower ? oe->lowerstack[0].layer : NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ovl_dentry_lower() could return either a data dentry or metacopy dentry
+ * dependig on what is stored in lowerstack[0]. At times we need to find
+ * lower dentry which has data (and not metacopy dentry). This helper
+ * returns the lower data dentry.
+ */
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lowerdata(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	return oe->numlower ? oe->lowerstack[oe->numlower - 1].dentry : NULL;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_real(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return ovl_dentry_upper(dentry) ?: ovl_dentry_lower(dentry);
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_i_dentry_upper(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return ovl_upperdentry_dereference(OVL_I(inode));
+}
+
+struct inode *ovl_inode_upper(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct dentry *upperdentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode);
+
+	return upperdentry ? d_inode(upperdentry) : NULL;
+}
+
+struct inode *ovl_inode_lower(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return OVL_I(inode)->lower;
+}
+
+struct inode *ovl_inode_real(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return ovl_inode_upper(inode) ?: ovl_inode_lower(inode);
+}
+
+/* Return inode which contains lower data. Do not return metacopy */
+struct inode *ovl_inode_lowerdata(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return OVL_I(inode)->lowerdata ?: ovl_inode_lower(inode);
+}
+
+/* Return real inode which contains data. Does not return metacopy inode */
+struct inode *ovl_inode_realdata(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct inode *upperinode;
+
+	upperinode = ovl_inode_upper(inode);
+	if (upperinode && ovl_has_upperdata(inode))
+		return upperinode;
+
+	return ovl_inode_lowerdata(inode);
+}
+
+struct ovl_dir_cache *ovl_dir_cache(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return OVL_I(inode)->cache;
+}
+
+void ovl_set_dir_cache(struct inode *inode, struct ovl_dir_cache *cache)
+{
+	OVL_I(inode)->cache = cache;
+}
+
+void ovl_dentry_set_flag(unsigned long flag, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	set_bit(flag, &OVL_E(dentry)->flags);
+}
+
+void ovl_dentry_clear_flag(unsigned long flag, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	clear_bit(flag, &OVL_E(dentry)->flags);
+}
+
+bool ovl_dentry_test_flag(unsigned long flag, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return test_bit(flag, &OVL_E(dentry)->flags);
+}
+
+bool ovl_dentry_is_opaque(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return ovl_dentry_test_flag(OVL_E_OPAQUE, dentry);
+}
+
+bool ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return !dentry->d_inode && ovl_dentry_is_opaque(dentry);
+}
+
+void ovl_dentry_set_opaque(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	ovl_dentry_set_flag(OVL_E_OPAQUE, dentry);
+}
+
+/*
+ * For hard links and decoded file handles, it's possible for ovl_dentry_upper()
+ * to return positive, while there's no actual upper alias for the inode.
+ * Copy up code needs to know about the existence of the upper alias, so it
+ * can't use ovl_dentry_upper().
+ */
+bool ovl_dentry_has_upper_alias(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return ovl_dentry_test_flag(OVL_E_UPPER_ALIAS, dentry);
+}
+
+void ovl_dentry_set_upper_alias(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	ovl_dentry_set_flag(OVL_E_UPPER_ALIAS, dentry);
+}
+
+static bool ovl_should_check_upperdata(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!ovl_inode_lower(inode))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool ovl_has_upperdata(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (!ovl_should_check_upperdata(inode))
+		return true;
+
+	if (!ovl_test_flag(OVL_UPPERDATA, inode))
+		return false;
+	/*
+	 * Pairs with smp_wmb() in ovl_set_upperdata(). Main user of
+	 * ovl_has_upperdata() is ovl_copy_up_meta_inode_data(). Make sure
+	 * if setting of OVL_UPPERDATA is visible, then effects of writes
+	 * before that are visible too.
+	 */
+	smp_rmb();
+	return true;
+}
+
+void ovl_set_upperdata(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Pairs with smp_rmb() in ovl_has_upperdata(). Make sure
+	 * if OVL_UPPERDATA flag is visible, then effects of write operations
+	 * before it are visible as well.
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	ovl_set_flag(OVL_UPPERDATA, inode);
+}
+
+/* Caller should hold ovl_inode->lock */
+bool ovl_dentry_needs_data_copy_up_locked(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
+{
+	if (!ovl_open_flags_need_copy_up(flags))
+		return false;
+
+	return !ovl_test_flag(OVL_UPPERDATA, d_inode(dentry));
+}
+
+bool ovl_dentry_needs_data_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
+{
+	if (!ovl_open_flags_need_copy_up(flags))
+		return false;
+
+	return !ovl_has_upperdata(d_inode(dentry));
+}
+
+bool ovl_redirect_dir(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	return ofs->config.redirect_dir && !ofs->noxattr;
+}
+
+const char *ovl_dentry_get_redirect(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return OVL_I(d_inode(dentry))->redirect;
+}
+
+void ovl_dentry_set_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, const char *redirect)
+{
+	struct ovl_inode *oi = OVL_I(d_inode(dentry));
+
+	kfree(oi->redirect);
+	oi->redirect = redirect;
+}
+
+void ovl_inode_init(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *upperdentry,
+		    struct dentry *lowerdentry, struct dentry *lowerdata)
+{
+	struct inode *realinode = d_inode(upperdentry ?: lowerdentry);
+
+	if (upperdentry)
+		OVL_I(inode)->__upperdentry = upperdentry;
+	if (lowerdentry)
+		OVL_I(inode)->lower = igrab(d_inode(lowerdentry));
+	if (lowerdata)
+		OVL_I(inode)->lowerdata = igrab(d_inode(lowerdata));
+
+	ovl_copyattr(realinode, inode);
+	ovl_copyflags(realinode, inode);
+	if (!inode->i_ino)
+		inode->i_ino = realinode->i_ino;
+}
+
+void ovl_inode_update(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *upperdentry)
+{
+	struct inode *upperinode = d_inode(upperdentry);
+
+	WARN_ON(OVL_I(inode)->__upperdentry);
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure upperdentry is consistent before making it visible
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	OVL_I(inode)->__upperdentry = upperdentry;
+	if (inode_unhashed(inode)) {
+		if (!inode->i_ino)
+			inode->i_ino = upperinode->i_ino;
+		inode->i_private = upperinode;
+		__insert_inode_hash(inode, (unsigned long) upperinode);
+	}
+}
+
+static void ovl_dentry_version_inc(struct dentry *dentry, bool impurity)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+
+	WARN_ON(!inode_is_locked(inode));
+	/*
+	 * Version is used by readdir code to keep cache consistent.  For merge
+	 * dirs all changes need to be noted.  For non-merge dirs, cache only
+	 * contains impure (ones which have been copied up and have origins)
+	 * entries, so only need to note changes to impure entries.
+	 */
+	if (OVL_TYPE_MERGE(ovl_path_type(dentry)) || impurity)
+		OVL_I(inode)->version++;
+}
+
+void ovl_dir_modified(struct dentry *dentry, bool impurity)
+{
+	/* Copy mtime/ctime */
+	ovl_copyattr(d_inode(ovl_dentry_upper(dentry)), d_inode(dentry));
+
+	ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry, impurity);
+}
+
+u64 ovl_dentry_version_get(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+
+	WARN_ON(!inode_is_locked(inode));
+	return OVL_I(inode)->version;
+}
+
+bool ovl_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
+	return inode && IS_WHITEOUT(inode);
+}
+
+struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags)
+{
+	return dentry_open(path, flags | O_NOATIME, current_cred());
+}
+
+/* Caller should hold ovl_inode->lock */
+static bool ovl_already_copied_up_locked(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
+{
+	bool disconnected = dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
+
+	if (ovl_dentry_upper(dentry) &&
+	    (ovl_dentry_has_upper_alias(dentry) || disconnected) &&
+	    !ovl_dentry_needs_data_copy_up_locked(dentry, flags))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool ovl_already_copied_up(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
+{
+	bool disconnected = dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if copy-up has happened as well as for upper alias (in
+	 * case of hard links) is there.
+	 *
+	 * Both checks are lockless:
+	 *  - false negatives: will recheck under oi->lock
+	 *  - false positives:
+	 *    + ovl_dentry_upper() uses memory barriers to ensure the
+	 *      upper dentry is up-to-date
+	 *    + ovl_dentry_has_upper_alias() relies on locking of
+	 *      upper parent i_rwsem to prevent reordering copy-up
+	 *      with rename.
+	 */
+	if (ovl_dentry_upper(dentry) &&
+	    (ovl_dentry_has_upper_alias(dentry) || disconnected) &&
+	    !ovl_dentry_needs_data_copy_up(dentry, flags))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+int ovl_copy_up_start(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
+{
+	struct ovl_inode *oi = OVL_I(d_inode(dentry));
+	int err;
+
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&oi->lock);
+	if (!err && ovl_already_copied_up_locked(dentry, flags)) {
+		err = 1; /* Already copied up */
+		mutex_unlock(&oi->lock);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void ovl_copy_up_end(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&OVL_I(d_inode(dentry))->lock);
+}
+
+bool ovl_check_origin_xattr(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int res;
+
+	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_ORIGIN, NULL, 0);
+
+	/* Zero size value means "copied up but origin unknown" */
+	if (res >= 0)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool ovl_check_dir_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+{
+	int res;
+	char val;
+
+	if (!d_is_dir(dentry))
+		return false;
+
+	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, &val, 1);
+	if (res == 1 && val == 'y')
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+int ovl_check_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry,
+		       const char *name, const void *value, size_t size,
+		       int xerr)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	if (ofs->noxattr)
+		return xerr;
+
+	err = ovl_do_setxattr(upperdentry, name, value, size, 0);
+
+	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		pr_warn("overlayfs: cannot set %s xattr on upper\n", name);
+		ofs->noxattr = true;
+		return xerr;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+int ovl_set_impure(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (ovl_test_flag(OVL_IMPURE, d_inode(dentry)))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do not fail when upper doesn't support xattrs.
+	 * Upper inodes won't have origin nor redirect xattr anyway.
+	 */
+	err = ovl_check_setxattr(dentry, upperdentry, OVL_XATTR_IMPURE,
+				 "y", 1, 0);
+	if (!err)
+		ovl_set_flag(OVL_IMPURE, d_inode(dentry));
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void ovl_set_flag(unsigned long flag, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	set_bit(flag, &OVL_I(inode)->flags);
+}
+
+void ovl_clear_flag(unsigned long flag, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	clear_bit(flag, &OVL_I(inode)->flags);
+}
+
+bool ovl_test_flag(unsigned long flag, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return test_bit(flag, &OVL_I(inode)->flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Caller must hold a reference to inode to prevent it from being freed while
+ * it is marked inuse.
+ */
+bool ovl_inuse_trylock(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	bool locked = false;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if (!(inode->i_state & I_OVL_INUSE)) {
+		inode->i_state |= I_OVL_INUSE;
+		locked = true;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
+	return locked;
+}
+
+void ovl_inuse_unlock(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (dentry) {
+		struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_OVL_INUSE));
+		inode->i_state &= ~I_OVL_INUSE;
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Does this overlay dentry need to be indexed on copy up?
+ */
+bool ovl_need_index(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct dentry *lower = ovl_dentry_lower(dentry);
+
+	if (!lower || !ovl_indexdir(dentry->d_sb))
+		return false;
+
+	/* Index all files for NFS export and consistency verification */
+	if (ovl_index_all(dentry->d_sb))
+		return true;
+
+	/* Index only lower hardlinks on copy up */
+	if (!d_is_dir(lower) && d_inode(lower)->i_nlink > 1)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/* Caller must hold OVL_I(inode)->lock */
+static void ovl_cleanup_index(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct dentry *indexdir = ovl_indexdir(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct inode *dir = indexdir->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *lowerdentry = ovl_dentry_lower(dentry);
+	struct dentry *upperdentry = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
+	struct dentry *index = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct qstr name = { };
+	int err;
+
+	err = ovl_get_index_name(lowerdentry, &name);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
+	inode = d_inode(upperdentry);
+	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_nlink != 1) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: cleanup linked index (%pd2, ino=%lu, nlink=%u)\n",
+				    upperdentry, inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
+		/*
+		 * We either have a bug with persistent union nlink or a lower
+		 * hardlink was added while overlay is mounted. Adding a lower
+		 * hardlink and then unlinking all overlay hardlinks would drop
+		 * overlay nlink to zero before all upper inodes are unlinked.
+		 * As a safety measure, when that situation is detected, set
+		 * the overlay nlink to the index inode nlink minus one for the
+		 * index entry itself.
+		 */
+		set_nlink(d_inode(dentry), inode->i_nlink - 1);
+		ovl_set_nlink_upper(dentry);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	inode_lock_nested(dir, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	index = lookup_one_len(name.name, indexdir, name.len);
+	err = PTR_ERR(index);
+	if (IS_ERR(index)) {
+		index = NULL;
+	} else if (ovl_index_all(dentry->d_sb)) {
+		/* Whiteout orphan index to block future open by handle */
+		err = ovl_cleanup_and_whiteout(indexdir, dir, index);
+	} else {
+		/* Cleanup orphan index entries */
+		err = ovl_cleanup(dir, index);
+	}
+
+	inode_unlock(dir);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
+out:
+	kfree(name.name);
+	dput(index);
+	return;
+
+fail:
+	pr_err("overlayfs: cleanup index of '%pd2' failed (%i)\n", dentry, err);
+	goto out;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Operations that change overlay inode and upper inode nlink need to be
+ * synchronized with copy up for persistent nlink accounting.
+ */
+int ovl_nlink_start(struct dentry *dentry, bool *locked)
+{
+	struct ovl_inode *oi = OVL_I(d_inode(dentry));
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!d_inode(dentry))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * With inodes index is enabled, we store the union overlay nlink
+	 * in an xattr on the index inode. When whiting out an indexed lower,
+	 * we need to decrement the overlay persistent nlink, but before the
+	 * first copy up, we have no upper index inode to store the xattr.
+	 *
+	 * As a workaround, before whiteout/rename over an indexed lower,
+	 * copy up to create the upper index. Creating the upper index will
+	 * initialize the overlay nlink, so it could be dropped if unlink
+	 * or rename succeeds.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: implement metadata only index copy up when called with
+	 *       ovl_copy_up_flags(dentry, O_PATH).
+	 */
+	if (ovl_need_index(dentry) && !ovl_dentry_has_upper_alias(dentry)) {
+		err = ovl_copy_up(dentry);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&oi->lock);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (d_is_dir(dentry) || !ovl_test_flag(OVL_INDEX, d_inode(dentry)))
+		goto out;
+
+	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(dentry->d_sb);
+	/*
+	 * The overlay inode nlink should be incremented/decremented IFF the
+	 * upper operation succeeds, along with nlink change of upper inode.
+	 * Therefore, before link/unlink/rename, we store the union nlink
+	 * value relative to the upper inode nlink in an upper inode xattr.
+	 */
+	err = ovl_set_nlink_upper(dentry);
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+
+out:
+	if (err)
+		mutex_unlock(&oi->lock);
+	else
+		*locked = true;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void ovl_nlink_end(struct dentry *dentry, bool locked)
+{
+	if (locked) {
+		if (ovl_test_flag(OVL_INDEX, d_inode(dentry)) &&
+		    d_inode(dentry)->i_nlink == 0) {
+			const struct cred *old_cred;
+
+			old_cred = ovl_override_creds(dentry->d_sb);
+			ovl_cleanup_index(dentry);
+			revert_creds(old_cred);
+		}
+
+		mutex_unlock(&OVL_I(d_inode(dentry))->lock);
+	}
+}
+
+int ovl_lock_rename_workdir(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *upperdir)
+{
+	/* Workdir should not be the same as upperdir */
+	if (workdir == upperdir)
+		goto err;
+
+	/* Workdir should not be subdir of upperdir and vice versa */
+	if (lock_rename(workdir, upperdir) != NULL)
+		goto err_unlock;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_unlock:
+	unlock_rename(workdir, upperdir);
+err:
+	pr_err("overlayfs: failed to lock workdir+upperdir\n");
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
+/* err < 0, 0 if no metacopy xattr, 1 if metacopy xattr found */
+int ovl_check_metacopy_xattr(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int res;
+
+	/* Only regular files can have metacopy xattr */
+	if (!S_ISREG(d_inode(dentry)->i_mode))
+		return 0;
+
+	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_METACOPY, NULL, 0);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		if (res == -ENODATA || res == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			return 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+out:
+	pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed to get metacopy (%i)\n", res);
+	return res;
+}
+
+bool ovl_is_metacopy_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	if (!d_is_reg(dentry))
+		return false;
+
+	if (ovl_dentry_upper(dentry)) {
+		if (!ovl_has_upperdata(d_inode(dentry)))
+			return true;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return (oe->numlower > 1);
+}
+
+char *ovl_get_redirect_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, int padding)
+{
+	int res;
+	char *s, *next, *buf = NULL;
+
+	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_REDIRECT, NULL, 0);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		if (res == -ENODATA || res == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			return NULL;
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	buf = kzalloc(res + padding + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (res == 0)
+		goto invalid;
+
+	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_REDIRECT, buf, res);
+	if (res < 0)
+		goto fail;
+	if (res == 0)
+		goto invalid;
+
+	if (buf[0] == '/') {
+		for (s = buf; *s++ == '/'; s = next) {
+			next = strchrnul(s, '/');
+			if (s == next)
+				goto invalid;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (strchr(buf, '/') != NULL)
+			goto invalid;
+	}
+
+	return buf;
+
+err_free:
+	kfree(buf);
+	return ERR_PTR(res);
+fail:
+	pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed to get redirect (%i)\n", res);
+	goto err_free;
+invalid:
+	pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: invalid redirect (%s)\n", buf);
+	res = -EINVAL;
+	goto err_free;
+}