ovl: redirect on rename-dir

Current code returns EXDEV when a directory would need to be copied up to
move.  We could copy up the directory tree in this case, but there's
another, simpler solution: point to old lower directory from moved upper
directory.

This is achieved with a "trusted.overlay.redirect" xattr storing the path
relative to the root of the overlay.  After such attribute has been set,
the directory can be moved without further actions required.

This is a backward incompatible feature, old kernels won't be able to
correctly mount an overlay containing redirected directories.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index e76d9d529e64..bdda37fa3f67 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ void ovl_set_dir_cache(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_dir_cache *cache);
 bool ovl_dentry_is_opaque(struct dentry *dentry);
 bool ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry);
 void ovl_dentry_set_opaque(struct dentry *dentry, bool opaque);
+bool ovl_redirect_dir(struct super_block *sb);
+void ovl_clear_redirect_dir(struct super_block *sb);
+const char *ovl_dentry_get_redirect(struct dentry *dentry);
+void ovl_dentry_set_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, const char *redirect);
 void ovl_dentry_update(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry);
 void ovl_inode_init(struct inode *inode, struct inode *realinode,
 		    bool is_upper);