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    ovl: relax WARN_ON() when decoding lower directory file handle · 124c2de2
    Amir Goldstein authored
    Decoding a lower directory file handle to overlay path with cold
    inode/dentry cache may go as follows:
    
    1. Decode real lower file handle to lower dir path
    2. Check if lower dir is indexed (was copied up)
    3. If indexed, get the upper dir path from index
    4. Lookup upper dir path in overlay
    5. If overlay path found, verify that overlay lower is the lower dir
       from step 1
    
    On failure to verify step 5 above, user will get an ESTALE error and a
    WARN_ON will be printed.
    
    A mismatch in step 5 could be a result of lower directory that was renamed
    while overlay was offline, after that lower directory has been copied up
    and indexed.
    
    This is a scripted reproducer based on xfstest overlay/052:
    
      # Create lower subdir
      create_dirs
      create_test_files $lower/lowertestdir/subdir
      mount_dirs
      # Copy up lower dir and encode lower subdir file handle
      touch $SCRATCH_MNT/lowertestdir
      test_file_handles $SCRATCH_MNT/lowertestdir/subdir -p -o $tmp.fhandle
      # Rename lower dir offline
      unmount_dirs
      mv $lower/lowertestdir $lower/lowertestdir.new/
      mount_dirs
      # Attempt to decode lower subdir file handle
      test_file_handles $SCRATCH_MNT -p -i $tmp.fhandle
    
    Since this WARN_ON() can be triggered by user we need to relax it.
    
    Fixes: 4b91c30a
    
     ("ovl: lookup connected ancestor of dir in inode cache")
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.16+
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAmir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMiklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
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