Merge tag 'ovl-update-4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs

Pull overlayfs updates from Miklos Szeredi:
 "A mix of fixes and cleanups"

* tag 'ovl-update-4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs:
  ovl: automatically enable redirect_dir on metacopy=on
  ovl: check whiteout in ovl_create_over_whiteout()
  ovl: using posix_acl_xattr_size() to get size instead of posix_acl_to_xattr()
  ovl: abstract ovl_inode lock with a helper
  ovl: remove the 'locked' argument of ovl_nlink_{start,end}
  ovl: relax requirement for non null uuid of lower fs
  ovl: fold copy-up helpers into callers
  ovl: untangle copy up call chain
  ovl: relax permission checking on underlying layers
  ovl: fix recursive oi->lock in ovl_link()
  vfs: fix FIGETBSZ ioctl on an overlayfs file
  ovl: clean up error handling in ovl_get_tmpfile()
  ovl: fix error handling in ovl_verify_set_fh()

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
index 51c136c821bf..eef7d9d259e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@ pointed by REDIRECT. This should not be possible on local system as setting
 "trusted." xattrs will require CAP_SYS_ADMIN. But it should be possible
 for untrusted layers like from a pen drive.
 
+Note: redirect_dir={off|nofollow|follow(*)} conflicts with metacopy=on, and
+results in an error.
+
+(*) redirect_dir=follow only conflicts with metacopy=on if upperdir=... is
+given.
+
 Sharing and copying layers
 --------------------------