Merge tag 'ovl-fixes-5.17-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs

Pull overlayfs fixes from Miklos Szeredi:
 "Fix a regression introduced in v5.15, affecting copy up of files with
  'noatime' or 'sync' attributes to a tmpfs upper layer"

* tag 'ovl-fixes-5.17-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs:
  ovl: don't fail copy up if no fileattr support on upper
  ovl: fix NULL pointer dereference in copy up warning

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index b193d08a3dc3..e040970408d4 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_fileattr(struct inode *inode, struct path *old,
 		if (err == -ENOTTY || err == -EINVAL)
 			return 0;
 		pr_warn("failed to retrieve lower fileattr (%pd2, err=%i)\n",
-			old, err);
+			old->dentry, err);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ static int ovl_copy_fileattr(struct inode *inode, struct path *old,
 	 */
 	if (oldfa.flags & OVL_PROT_FS_FLAGS_MASK) {
 		err = ovl_set_protattr(inode, new->dentry, &oldfa);
-		if (err)
+		if (err == -EPERM)
+			pr_warn_once("copying fileattr: no xattr on upper\n");
+		else if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
 
@@ -167,8 +169,16 @@ static int ovl_copy_fileattr(struct inode *inode, struct path *old,
 
 	err = ovl_real_fileattr_get(new, &newfa);
 	if (err) {
+		/*
+		 * Returning an error if upper doesn't support fileattr will
+		 * result in a regression, so revert to the old behavior.
+		 */
+		if (err == -ENOTTY || err == -EINVAL) {
+			pr_warn_once("copying fileattr: no support on upper\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
 		pr_warn("failed to retrieve upper fileattr (%pd2, err=%i)\n",
-			new, err);
+			new->dentry, err);
 		return err;
 	}