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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-09-18 17:33:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-09-18 17:33:32 -0700
commitb6c0d35772468173b5d3a7f6162079611e68a1e8 (patch)
tree8c6f3805da45a2d6f23d79fa42424cdd53f7c5e8 /Documentation/filesystems
parent7d14df2d280fb7411eba2eb96682da0683ad97f6 (diff)
parent5c2e9f346b815841f9bed6029ebcb06415caf640 (diff)
Merge tag 'ovl-fixes-5.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs
Pull overlayfs fixes from Miklos Szeredi: "Fix a regression in docker introduced by overlayfs changes in 4.19. Also fix a couple of miscellaneous bugs" * tag 'ovl-fixes-5.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs: ovl: filter of trusted xattr results in audit ovl: Fix dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() ovl: fix regression caused by overlapping layers detection
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
index 1da2f1668f08..845d689e0fd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ beneath or above the path of another overlay lower layer path.
Using an upper layer path and/or a workdir path that are already used by
another overlay mount is not allowed and may fail with EBUSY. Using
-partially overlapping paths is not allowed but will not fail with EBUSY.
+partially overlapping paths is not allowed and may fail with EBUSY.
If files are accessed from two overlayfs mounts which share or overlap the
upper layer and/or workdir path the behavior of the overlay is undefined,
though it will not result in a crash or deadlock.