linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 08/10] ovl: do not fail because of O

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Date:   Mon,  7 Dec 2020 17:32:53 +0100
From:   Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
To:     "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/10] ovl: do not fail because of O_NOATIME

In case the file cannot be opened with O_NOATIME because of lack of
capabilities, then clear O_NOATIME instead of failing.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
---
 fs/overlayfs/file.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index dc767034d37b..d6ac7ac66410 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ static struct file *ovl_open_realfile(const struct file *file,
 	err = inode_permission(realinode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode);
 	if (err) {
 		realfile = ERR_PTR(err);
-	} else if (!inode_owner_or_capable(realinode)) {
-		realfile = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	} else {
+		if (!inode_owner_or_capable(realinode))
+			flags &= ~O_NOATIME;
+
 		realfile = open_with_fake_path(&file->f_path, flags, realinode,
 					       current_cred());
 	}
-- 
2.26.2