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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ovl: useing ovl_revert_creds() instead of revert_creds(),
On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 05:29, Yao Haidong <yaohaidong369@gmail.com> wrote:

> Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> 于2021年5月18日周二 下午9:41写道:
> >
> > On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 14:21, Haidong Yao <yaohaidong369@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Haidong Yao <haidong.yao@unisoc.com>

[...]

> > > diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> > > index 4d53d3b7e5fe..d9bc658f22ee 100644
> > > --- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> > > +++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> > > @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static struct file *ovl_open_realfile(const struct file *file,
> > > realfile = open_with_fake_path(&file->f_path, flags, realinode,
> > > current_cred());
> > > }
> > > - revert_creds(old_cred);
> > > + ovl_revert_creds(inode->i_sb, old_cred);
> >
> > Upstream kernel doesn't have ovl_revert_creds().

> Hi Miklos:
>
> Sorry,
> Sometimes,old_cred is NULL.
> Do you think this is a problem?
> Can I add ovl_revert_creds()? or You have a better way?

old_cred can't be NULL on upstream (Linus) kernel.

From the taint flags I can see that this is some weird setup. Please
contact the distro that is providing the kerne/modules about this
issue. It's not anything the upstream kernel maintainers can help
with.

Thanks,
Miklos

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