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-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/readdir.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 910553f..8c8ce9d 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -454,12 +454,13 @@ static int ovl_dir_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
if (!od->is_upper && ovl_path_type(dentry) == OVL_PATH_MERGE) {
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
- realfile = od->upperfile;
+ realfile =lockless_dereference(od->upperfile);
if (!realfile) {
struct path upperpath;
ovl_path_upper(dentry, &upperpath);
realfile = ovl_path_open(&upperpath, O_RDONLY);
+ smp_mb__before_spinlock();
mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
if (!od->upperfile) {
if (IS_ERR(realfile)) {
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