ovl: don't override credentials for ovl_check_whiteouts()
The function is only called when rdd->dentry is non-NULL:
if (!err && rdd->first_maybe_whiteout && rdd->dentry)
err = ovl_check_whiteouts(realpath, rdd);
| Caller | Sets rdd->dentry? | Can call ovl_check_whiteouts()? |
|-------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| ovl_dir_read_merged() | ✓ Yes (line 430) | ✓ YES |
| ovl_dir_read_impure() | ✗ No | ✗ NO |
| ovl_check_d_type_supported() | ✗ No | ✗ NO |
| ovl_workdir_cleanup_recurse() | ✗ No | ✗ NO |
| ovl_indexdir_cleanup() | ✗ No | ✗ NO |
VFS layer (.iterate_shared file operation)
→ ovl_iterate()
[CRED OVERRIDE]
→ ovl_cache_get()
→ ovl_dir_read_merged()
→ ovl_dir_read()
→ ovl_check_whiteouts()
[CRED REVERT]
ovl_unlink()
→ ovl_do_remove()
→ ovl_check_empty_dir()
[CRED OVERRIDE]
→ ovl_dir_read_merged()
→ ovl_dir_read()
→ ovl_check_whiteouts()
[CRED REVERT]
ovl_rename()
→ ovl_check_empty_dir()
[CRED OVERRIDE]
→ ovl_dir_read_merged()
→ ovl_dir_read()
→ ovl_check_whiteouts()
[CRED REVERT]
All valid callchains already override credentials so drop the override.
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-v4-24-b31603935724@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>