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ovl: narrow locking in ovl_cleanup_whiteouts()
authorNeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:44:21 +0000 (10:44 +1000)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:10:41 +0000 (11:10 +0200)
commit7dfb0722ad0740f6fbf9bd184e3ae4ba4bc19f31
tree08578db8f958aba7f0613071682a0a5631c6481b
parent05468498cd2fc5b65e18eb80cdce8ae6ee6c9a77
ovl: narrow locking in ovl_cleanup_whiteouts()

Rather than lock the directory for the whole operation, use
ovl_lookup_upper_unlocked() and ovl_cleanup_unlocked() to take the lock
only when needed.

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

Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-11-neil@brown.name
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
fs/overlayfs/readdir.c