Re: [GIT PULL] fix overlayfs deadlock in file_remove_privs()

From	Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [GIT PULL] fix overlayfs deadlock in file_remove_privs()
Date	2016-08-03 19:40 +0200
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On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 06:30:29PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Hi Al,
> 
> Please pull from:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs.git for-viro
> 
> This fixes the deadlock introduced by making the suid removal actually work on
> overlayfs.
> 
> Responsible commit 07a2daab49c5 ("ovl: Copy up underlying inode's ->i_mode to
> overlay inode") unfortunately slipped through my testing and 4.7 was released
> with this bug.
> 
> Two more patches are cleaning away unneeded exports of related helpers.

Pulled, will push tonight.

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[GIT PULL] fix overlayfs deadlock in file_remove_privs() Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> - 2016-08-03 18:40 +0200
  Re: [GIT PULL] fix overlayfs deadlock in file_remove_privs() Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2016-08-03 19:40 +0200

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