Re: [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] landlock: Require LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG for whiteout creation

Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-security-module,org.kernel.vger.stable
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> [ Upstream commit 672fa082d48b21e1fb62cdb184fee41513e53421 ]
>
> Whiteout objects are used in the upper layer of an OverlayFS to
> indicate that the file with this name does not exist in the unified
> view, even if it is present in one of the lower layer file systems.

Queued for 5.15, thanks.

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Thanks,
Sasha
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