[PATCH 4.1 188/202] fix a braino in ovl_d_select_inode()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 9391dd00d13c853ab4f2a85435288ae2202e0e43 upstream.

when opening a directory we want the overlayfs inode, not one from
the topmost layer.

Reported-By: Andrey Jr. Melnikov <temnota.am@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-By: Andrey Jr. Melnikov <temnota.am@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Kamata, Munehisa" <kamatam@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 fs/overlayfs/inode.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ struct inode *ovl_d_select_inode(struct
 	struct path realpath;
 	enum ovl_path_type type;
 
+	if (d_is_dir(dentry))
+		return d_backing_inode(dentry);
+
 	type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
 	if (ovl_open_need_copy_up(file_flags, type, realpath.dentry)) {
 		err = ovl_want_write(dentry);


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