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-rw-r--r--include/linux/dcache.h12
-rw-r--r--net/unix/af_unix.c6
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 484c8792da82..f28100f6b556 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -575,5 +575,17 @@ static inline struct inode *vfs_select_inode(struct dentry *dentry,
return inode;
}
+/**
+ * d_real_inode - Return the real inode
+ * @dentry: The dentry to query
+ *
+ * If dentry is on an union/overlay, then return the underlying, real inode.
+ * Otherwise return d_inode().
+ */
+static inline struct inode *d_real_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ return d_backing_inode(d_real(dentry));
+}
+
#endif /* __LINUX_DCACHE_H */
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 80aa6a3e6817..735362c26c8e 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static struct sock *unix_find_socket_byinode(struct inode *i)
&unix_socket_table[i->i_ino & (UNIX_HASH_SIZE - 1)]) {
struct dentry *dentry = unix_sk(s)->path.dentry;
- if (dentry && d_backing_inode(dentry) == i) {
+ if (dentry && d_real_inode(dentry) == i) {
sock_hold(s);
goto found;
}
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static struct sock *unix_find_other(struct net *net,
err = kern_path(sunname->sun_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
if (err)
goto fail;
- inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
+ inode = d_real_inode(path.dentry);
err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
if (err)
goto put_fail;
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
goto out_up;
}
addr->hash = UNIX_HASH_SIZE;
- hash = d_backing_inode(dentry)->i_ino & (UNIX_HASH_SIZE - 1);
+ hash = d_real_inode(dentry)->i_ino & (UNIX_HASH_SIZE - 1);
spin_lock(&unix_table_lock);
u->path = u_path;
list = &unix_socket_table[hash];