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ovl: narrow locking in ovl_clear_empty()
authorNeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:44:17 +0000 (10:44 +1000)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:10:41 +0000 (11:10 +0200)
commit4f622bd9f3e5dd1e882ee8f4194ea1d95dcf752f
tree6a242d86efae931773ff95c5a00bee5a74a93391
parenta07052e07b67add56328b547ce4459878618334d
ovl: narrow locking in ovl_clear_empty()

Drop the locks immediately after rename, and use a separate lock for
cleanup.

This makes way for future changes where locks are taken on individual
dentries rather than the whole directory.

Note that ovl_cleanup_whiteouts() operates on "upper", a child of
"upperdir" and does not require upperdir or workdir to be locked.

Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-7-neil@brown.name
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
fs/overlayfs/dir.c