1 files changed, 71 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index f82defec02c1..8b419ef78502 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ static int ovl_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	if (!ovl_upper_mnt(ofs))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!ovl_should_sync(ofs))
+		return 0;
 	/*
 	 * Not called for sync(2) call or an emergency sync (SB_I_SKIP_SYNC).
 	 * All the super blocks will be iterated, including upper_sb.
@@ -362,6 +364,8 @@ static int ovl_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (ofs->config.metacopy != ovl_metacopy_def)
 		seq_printf(m, ",metacopy=%s",
 			   ofs->config.metacopy ? "on" : "off");
+	if (ofs->config.ovl_volatile)
+		seq_puts(m, ",volatile");
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -376,9 +380,11 @@ static int ovl_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 
 	if (*flags & SB_RDONLY && !sb_rdonly(sb)) {
 		upper_sb = ovl_upper_mnt(ofs)->mnt_sb;
-		down_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
-		ret = sync_filesystem(upper_sb);
-		up_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
+		if (ovl_should_sync(ofs)) {
+			down_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
+			ret = sync_filesystem(upper_sb);
+			up_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -411,6 +417,7 @@ enum {
 	OPT_XINO_AUTO,
 	OPT_METACOPY_ON,
 	OPT_METACOPY_OFF,
+	OPT_VOLATILE,
 	OPT_ERR,
 };
 
@@ -429,6 +436,7 @@ static const match_table_t ovl_tokens = {
 	{OPT_XINO_AUTO,			"xino=auto"},
 	{OPT_METACOPY_ON,		"metacopy=on"},
 	{OPT_METACOPY_OFF,		"metacopy=off"},
+	{OPT_VOLATILE,			"volatile"},
 	{OPT_ERR,			NULL}
 };
 
@@ -573,6 +581,10 @@ static int ovl_parse_opt(char *opt, struct ovl_config *config)
 			metacopy_opt = true;
 			break;
 
+		case OPT_VOLATILE:
+			config->ovl_volatile = true;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			pr_err("unrecognized mount option \"%s\" or missing value\n",
 					p);
@@ -595,6 +607,11 @@ static int ovl_parse_opt(char *opt, struct ovl_config *config)
 		config->index = false;
 	}
 
+	if (!config->upperdir && config->ovl_volatile) {
+		pr_info("option \"volatile\" is meaningless in a non-upper mount, ignoring it.\n");
+		config->ovl_volatile = false;
+	}
+
 	err = ovl_parse_redirect_mode(config, config->redirect_mode);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1203,6 +1220,45 @@ out_unlock:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static struct dentry *ovl_lookup_or_create(struct dentry *parent,
+					   const char *name, umode_t mode)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(name);
+	struct dentry *child;
+
+	inode_lock_nested(parent->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	child = lookup_one_len(name, parent, len);
+	if (!IS_ERR(child) && !child->d_inode)
+		child = ovl_create_real(parent->d_inode, child,
+					OVL_CATTR(mode));
+	inode_unlock(parent->d_inode);
+	dput(parent);
+
+	return child;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Creates $workdir/work/incompat/volatile/dirty file if it is not already
+ * present.
+ */
+static int ovl_create_volatile_dirty(struct ovl_fs *ofs)
+{
+	unsigned int ctr;
+	struct dentry *d = dget(ofs->workbasedir);
+	static const char *const volatile_path[] = {
+		OVL_WORKDIR_NAME, "incompat", "volatile", "dirty"
+	};
+	const char *const *name = volatile_path;
+
+	for (ctr = ARRAY_SIZE(volatile_path); ctr; ctr--, name++) {
+		d = ovl_lookup_or_create(d, *name, ctr > 1 ? S_IFDIR : S_IFREG);
+		if (IS_ERR(d))
+			return PTR_ERR(d);
+	}
+	dput(d);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ovl_make_workdir(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
 			    struct path *workpath)
 {
@@ -1286,6 +1342,18 @@ static int ovl_make_workdir(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * For volatile mount, create a incompat/volatile/dirty file to keep
+	 * track of it.
+	 */
+	if (ofs->config.ovl_volatile) {
+		err = ovl_create_volatile_dirty(ofs);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			pr_err("Failed to create volatile/dirty file.\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Check if upper/work fs supports file handles */
 	fh_type = ovl_can_decode_fh(ofs->workdir->d_sb);
 	if (ofs->config.index && !fh_type) {