Merge branch 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs

Pull overlayfs updates from Miklos Szeredi:
 "This work from Amir adds NFS export capability to overlayfs. NFS
  exporting an overlay filesystem is a challange because we want to keep
  track of any copy-up of a file or directory between encoding the file
  handle and decoding it.

  This is achieved by indexing copied up objects by lower layer file
  handle. The index is already used for hard links, this patchset
  extends the use to NFS file handle decoding"

* 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs: (51 commits)
  ovl: check ERR_PTR() return value from ovl_encode_fh()
  ovl: fix regression in fsnotify of overlay merge dir
  ovl: wire up NFS export operations
  ovl: lookup indexed ancestor of lower dir
  ovl: lookup connected ancestor of dir in inode cache
  ovl: hash non-indexed dir by upper inode for NFS export
  ovl: decode pure lower dir file handles
  ovl: decode indexed dir file handles
  ovl: decode lower file handles of unlinked but open files
  ovl: decode indexed non-dir file handles
  ovl: decode lower non-dir file handles
  ovl: encode lower file handles
  ovl: copy up before encoding non-connectable dir file handle
  ovl: encode non-indexed upper file handles
  ovl: decode connected upper dir file handles
  ovl: decode pure upper file handles
  ovl: encode pure upper file handles
  ovl: document NFS export
  vfs: factor out helpers d_instantiate_anon() and d_alloc_anon()
  ovl: store 'has_upper' and 'opaque' as bit flags
  ...

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
index 5ac415466861..406e72de88f6 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
@@ -47,9 +47,28 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_INDEX
 	  The inodes index feature prevents breaking of lower hardlinks on copy
 	  up.
 
-	  Note, that the inodes index feature is read-only backward compatible.
-	  That is, mounting an overlay which has an index dir on a kernel that
-	  doesn't support this feature read-only, will not have any negative
-	  outcomes.  However, mounting the same overlay with an old kernel
-	  read-write and then mounting it again with a new kernel, will have
-	  unexpected results.
+	  Note, that the inodes index feature is not backward compatible.
+	  That is, mounting an overlay which has an inodes index on a kernel
+	  that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_NFS_EXPORT
+	bool "Overlayfs: turn on NFS export feature by default"
+	depends on OVERLAY_FS
+	depends on OVERLAY_FS_INDEX
+	help
+	  If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
+	  the inodes index dir to decode overlay NFS file handles by default.
+	  In this case, it is still possible to turn off NFS export support
+	  globally with the "nfs_export=off" module option or on a filesystem
+	  instance basis with the "nfs_export=off" mount option.
+
+	  The NFS export feature creates an index on copy up of every file and
+	  directory.  This full index is used to detect overlay filesystems
+	  inconsistencies on lookup, like redirect from multiple upper dirs to
+	  the same lower dir.  The full index may incur some overhead on mount
+	  time, especially when verifying that directory file handles are not
+	  stale.
+
+	  Note, that the NFS export feature is not backward compatible.
+	  That is, mounting an overlay which has a full index on a kernel
+	  that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.