Return-Path: Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:35069 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750997AbcCASMu (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Mar 2016 13:12:50 -0500 From: Goldwyn Rodrigues To: miklos@szeredi.hu Cc: linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/3] Fix overlayfs with NFS as lowerdir Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 12:12:05 -0600 Message-Id: <1456855928-29913-1-git-send-email-rgoldwyn@suse.de> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: NFS as the lower directory is not working with overlayfs because the dentry operations have not been set correctly. However, NFS evaluates inode and sb from the dentry, which may not be correct when used with overlayfs. So, we store the inode in nfs_open_context (which is translated using d_select_inode) and use it for any inode related operations. -- Goldwyn