This contains two new features:
1) Stack file operations: this allows removal of several hacks from the
VFS, proper interaction of read-only open files with copy-up,
possibility to implement fs modifying ioctls properly, and others.
2) Metadata only copy-up: when file is on lower layer and only metadata is
modified (except size) then only copy up the metadata and continue to
use the data from the lower file.
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Merge tag 'ovl-update-4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs
Pull overlayfs updates from Miklos Szeredi:
"This contains two new features:
- Stack file operations: this allows removal of several hacks from
the VFS, proper interaction of read-only open files with copy-up,
possibility to implement fs modifying ioctls properly, and others.
- Metadata only copy-up: when file is on lower layer and only
metadata is modified (except size) then only copy up the metadata
and continue to use the data from the lower file"
* tag 'ovl-update-4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs: (66 commits)
ovl: Enable metadata only feature
ovl: Do not do metacopy only for ioctl modifying file attr
ovl: Do not do metadata only copy-up for truncate operation
ovl: add helper to force data copy-up
ovl: Check redirect on index as well
ovl: Set redirect on upper inode when it is linked
ovl: Set redirect on metacopy files upon rename
ovl: Do not set dentry type ORIGIN for broken hardlinks
ovl: Add an inode flag OVL_CONST_INO
ovl: Treat metacopy dentries as type OVL_PATH_MERGE
ovl: Check redirects for metacopy files
ovl: Move some dir related ovl_lookup_single() code in else block
ovl: Do not expose metacopy only dentry from d_real()
ovl: Open file with data except for the case of fsync
ovl: Add helper ovl_inode_realdata()
ovl: Store lower data inode in ovl_inode
ovl: Fix ovl_getattr() to get number of blocks from lower
ovl: Add helper ovl_dentry_lowerdata() to get lower data dentry
ovl: Copy up meta inode data from lowest data inode
ovl: Modify ovl_lookup() and friends to lookup metacopy dentry
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