ovl: narrow locking in ovl_create_over_whiteout()
authorNeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:44:18 +0000 (10:44 +1000)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:10:41 +0000 (11:10 +0200)
commite460bc4d012ce144376264609309b14b84b693ff
tree883308a60c16def2838e682657dffcb3e551c03a
parent4f622bd9f3e5dd1e882ee8f4194ea1d95dcf752f
ovl: narrow locking in ovl_create_over_whiteout()

Unlock the parents immediately after the rename, and use
ovl_cleanup_unlocked() for cleanup, which takes a separate lock.

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/20250716004725.1206467-8-neil@brown.name
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
fs/overlayfs/dir.c