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The ->destname member of struct ovl_copy_up_ctx is initialized inside ovl_copy_up_one() to ->d_name of the overlayfs dentry being copied up and then it may be overridden by index name inside ovl_do_copy_up(). ovl_inode_lock() in ovl_copy_up_start() and ovl_copy_up() in ovl_rename() effectively stabilze ->d_name of the overlayfs dentry being copied up, but ovl_inode_lock() is not held when ->d_name is being read. It is not a correctness bug, because if ovl_do_copy_up() races with ovl_rename() and ctx.destname is freed, we will not end up calling ovl_do_copy_up() with the dead name reference. The code becomes much easier to understand and to document if the initialization of c->destname is always done inside ovl_do_copy_up(), either to the index entry name, or to the overlay dentry ->d_name. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.