From fd5637a2fe6dd4448392738691d63e5559fafb12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amir Goldstein Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 20:46:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ovl: fix comment about locking order Forgot to update the comment when we changed the locking order. Fixes: 162d06444070c ("ovl: reorder ovl_want_write() after ovl_inode_lock()") Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609184656.1916631-1-amir73il@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) --- fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c index 00c69707bda9..bc71231cad53 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c @@ -783,8 +783,8 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ovl_aops = { * * This chain is valid: * - inode->i_rwsem (inode_lock[2]) - * - upper_mnt->mnt_sb->s_writers (ovl_want_write[0]) * - OVL_I(inode)->lock (ovl_inode_lock[2]) + * - upper_mnt->mnt_sb->s_writers (ovl_want_write[0]) * - OVL_I(lowerinode)->lock (ovl_inode_lock[1]) * * And this chain is valid: @@ -797,8 +797,8 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ovl_aops = { * held, because it is in reverse order of the non-nested case using the same * upper fs: * - inode->i_rwsem (inode_lock[1]) - * - upper_mnt->mnt_sb->s_writers (ovl_want_write[0]) * - OVL_I(inode)->lock (ovl_inode_lock[1]) + * - upper_mnt->mnt_sb->s_writers (ovl_want_write[0]) */ #define OVL_MAX_NESTING FILESYSTEM_MAX_STACK_DEPTH