Merge tag 'ovl-fixes-4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs

Pull overlayfs fixes from Miklos Szeredi:
 "This contains a fix for the vfs_mkdir() issue discovered by Al, as
  well as other fixes and cleanups"

* tag 'ovl-fixes-4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs:
  ovl: use inode_insert5() to hash a newly created inode
  ovl: Pass argument to ovl_get_inode() in a structure
  vfs: factor out inode_insert5()
  ovl: clean up copy-up error paths
  ovl: return EIO on internal error
  ovl: make ovl_create_real() cope with vfs_mkdir() safely
  ovl: create helper ovl_create_temp()
  ovl: return dentry from ovl_create_real()
  ovl: struct cattr cleanups
  ovl: strip debug argument from ovl_do_ helpers
  ovl: remove WARN_ON() real inode attributes mismatch
  ovl: Kconfig documentation fixes
  ovl: update documentation for unionmount-testsuite

9 files changed, 311 insertions, 270 deletions

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 3b55391072f3..0df41bb77e0f 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1004,6 +1004,70 @@ void unlock_two_nondirectories(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_two_nondirectories);
 
 /**
+ * inode_insert5 - obtain an inode from a mounted file system
+ * @inode:	pre-allocated inode to use for insert to cache
+ * @hashval:	hash value (usually inode number) to get
+ * @test:	callback used for comparisons between inodes
+ * @set:	callback used to initialize a new struct inode
+ * @data:	opaque data pointer to pass to @test and @set
+ *
+ * Search for the inode specified by @hashval and @data in the inode cache,
+ * and if present it is return it with an increased reference count. This is
+ * a variant of iget5_locked() for callers that don't want to fail on memory
+ * allocation of inode.
+ *
+ * If the inode is not in cache, insert the pre-allocated inode to cache and
+ * return it locked, hashed, and with the I_NEW flag set. The file system gets
+ * to fill it in before unlocking it via unlock_new_inode().
+ *
+ * Note both @test and @set are called with the inode_hash_lock held, so can't
+ * sleep.
+ */
+struct inode *inode_insert5(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval,
+			    int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),
+			    int (*set)(struct inode *, void *), void *data)
+{
+	struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(inode->i_sb, hashval);
+	struct inode *old;
+
+again:
+	spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
+	old = find_inode(inode->i_sb, head, test, data);
+	if (unlikely(old)) {
+		/*
+		 * Uhhuh, somebody else created the same inode under us.
+		 * Use the old inode instead of the preallocated one.
+		 */
+		spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
+		wait_on_inode(old);
+		if (unlikely(inode_unhashed(old))) {
+			iput(old);
+			goto again;
+		}
+		return old;
+	}
+
+	if (set && unlikely(set(inode, data))) {
+		inode = NULL;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Return the locked inode with I_NEW set, the
+	 * caller is responsible for filling in the contents
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	inode->i_state |= I_NEW;
+	hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, head);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+unlock:
+	spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
+
+	return inode;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_insert5);
+
+/**
  * iget5_locked - obtain an inode from a mounted file system
  * @sb:		super block of file system
  * @hashval:	hash value (usually inode number) to get
@@ -1027,66 +1091,18 @@ struct inode *iget5_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval,
 		int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),
 		int (*set)(struct inode *, void *), void *data)
 {
-	struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, hashval);
-	struct inode *inode;
-again:
-	spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
-	inode = find_inode(sb, head, test, data);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
+	struct inode *inode = ilookup5(sb, hashval, test, data);
 
-	if (inode) {
-		wait_on_inode(inode);
-		if (unlikely(inode_unhashed(inode))) {
-			iput(inode);
-			goto again;
-		}
-		return inode;
-	}
+	if (!inode) {
+		struct inode *new = new_inode(sb);
 
-	inode = alloc_inode(sb);
-	if (inode) {
-		struct inode *old;
-
-		spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
-		/* We released the lock, so.. */
-		old = find_inode(sb, head, test, data);
-		if (!old) {
-			if (set(inode, data))
-				goto set_failed;
-
-			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-			inode->i_state = I_NEW;
-			hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, head);
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			inode_sb_list_add(inode);
-			spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
-
-			/* Return the locked inode with I_NEW set, the
-			 * caller is responsible for filling in the contents
-			 */
-			return inode;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Uhhuh, somebody else created the same inode under
-		 * us. Use the old inode instead of the one we just
-		 * allocated.
-		 */
-		spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
-		destroy_inode(inode);
-		inode = old;
-		wait_on_inode(inode);
-		if (unlikely(inode_unhashed(inode))) {
-			iput(inode);
-			goto again;
+		if (new) {
+			inode = inode_insert5(new, hashval, test, set, data);
+			if (unlikely(inode != new))
+				iput(new);
 		}
 	}
 	return inode;
-
-set_failed:
-	spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
-	destroy_inode(inode);
-	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iget5_locked);
 
@@ -1427,43 +1443,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_inode_locked);
 int insert_inode_locked4(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval,
 		int (*test)(struct inode *, void *), void *data)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, hashval);
+	struct inode *old = inode_insert5(inode, hashval, test, NULL, data);
 
-	while (1) {
-		struct inode *old = NULL;
-
-		spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
-		hlist_for_each_entry(old, head, i_hash) {
-			if (old->i_sb != sb)
-				continue;
-			if (!test(old, data))
-				continue;
-			spin_lock(&old->i_lock);
-			if (old->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE)) {
-				spin_unlock(&old->i_lock);
-				continue;
-			}
-			break;
-		}
-		if (likely(!old)) {
-			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-			inode->i_state |= I_NEW;
-			hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, head);
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		__iget(old);
-		spin_unlock(&old->i_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
-		wait_on_inode(old);
-		if (unlikely(!inode_unhashed(old))) {
-			iput(old);
-			return -EBUSY;
-		}
+	if (old != inode) {
 		iput(old);
+		return -EBUSY;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_inode_locked4);
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
index 17032631c5cf..9384164253ac 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config OVERLAY_FS
 	  For more information see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
 
 config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR
-	bool "Overlayfs: turn on redirect dir feature by default"
+	bool "Overlayfs: turn on redirect directory feature by default"
 	depends on OVERLAY_FS
 	help
 	  If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_INDEX
 	depends on OVERLAY_FS
 	help
 	  If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
-	  the inodes index dir to map lower inodes to upper inodes by default.
+	  the index directory to map lower inodes to upper inodes by default.
 	  In this case it is still possible to turn off index globally with the
 	  "index=off" module option or on a filesystem instance basis with the
 	  "index=off" mount option.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_NFS_EXPORT
 	depends on OVERLAY_FS_INDEX
 	help
 	  If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
-	  the inodes index dir to decode overlay NFS file handles by default.
+	  the index directory to decode overlay NFS file handles by default.
 	  In this case, it is still possible to turn off NFS export support
 	  globally with the "nfs_export=off" module option or on a filesystem
 	  instance basis with the "nfs_export=off" mount option.
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 8bede0742619..ddaddb4ce4c3 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -365,17 +365,14 @@ static int ovl_create_index(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *origin,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	temp = ovl_lookup_temp(indexdir);
+	temp = ovl_create_temp(indexdir, OVL_CATTR(S_IFDIR | 0));
+	err = PTR_ERR(temp);
 	if (IS_ERR(temp))
-		goto temp_err;
-
-	err = ovl_do_mkdir(dir, temp, S_IFDIR, true);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		goto free_name;
 
 	err = ovl_set_upper_fh(upper, temp);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_cleanup;
+		goto out;
 
 	index = lookup_one_len(name.name, indexdir, name.len);
 	if (IS_ERR(index)) {
@@ -384,23 +381,13 @@ static int ovl_create_index(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *origin,
 		err = ovl_do_rename(dir, temp, dir, index, 0);
 		dput(index);
 	}
-
-	if (err)
-		goto out_cleanup;
-
 out:
+	if (err)
+		ovl_cleanup(dir, temp);
 	dput(temp);
+free_name:
 	kfree(name.name);
 	return err;
-
-temp_err:
-	err = PTR_ERR(temp);
-	temp = NULL;
-	goto out;
-
-out_cleanup:
-	ovl_cleanup(dir, temp);
-	goto out;
 }
 
 struct ovl_copy_up_ctx {
@@ -439,8 +426,7 @@ static int ovl_link_up(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
 			       c->dentry->d_name.len);
 	err = PTR_ERR(upper);
 	if (!IS_ERR(upper)) {
-		err = ovl_do_link(ovl_dentry_upper(c->dentry), udir, upper,
-				  true);
+		err = ovl_do_link(ovl_dentry_upper(c->dentry), udir, upper);
 		dput(upper);
 
 		if (!err) {
@@ -470,7 +456,7 @@ static int ovl_install_temp(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry *temp,
 		return PTR_ERR(upper);
 
 	if (c->tmpfile)
-		err = ovl_do_link(temp, udir, upper, true);
+		err = ovl_do_link(temp, udir, upper);
 	else
 		err = ovl_do_rename(d_inode(c->workdir), temp, udir, upper, 0);
 
@@ -481,13 +467,13 @@ static int ovl_install_temp(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry *temp,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ovl_get_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry **tempp)
+static struct dentry *ovl_get_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct dentry *temp;
 	const struct cred *old_creds = NULL;
 	struct cred *new_creds = NULL;
-	struct cattr cattr = {
+	struct ovl_cattr cattr = {
 		/* Can't properly set mode on creation because of the umask */
 		.mode = c->stat.mode & S_IFMT,
 		.rdev = c->stat.rdev,
@@ -495,41 +481,24 @@ static int ovl_get_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry **tempp)
 	};
 
 	err = security_inode_copy_up(c->dentry, &new_creds);
+	temp = ERR_PTR(err);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (new_creds)
 		old_creds = override_creds(new_creds);
 
-	if (c->tmpfile) {
+	if (c->tmpfile)
 		temp = ovl_do_tmpfile(c->workdir, c->stat.mode);
-		if (IS_ERR(temp))
-			goto temp_err;
-	} else {
-		temp = ovl_lookup_temp(c->workdir);
-		if (IS_ERR(temp))
-			goto temp_err;
-
-		err = ovl_create_real(d_inode(c->workdir), temp, &cattr,
-				      NULL, true);
-		if (err) {
-			dput(temp);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-	err = 0;
-	*tempp = temp;
+	else
+		temp = ovl_create_temp(c->workdir, &cattr);
 out:
 	if (new_creds) {
 		revert_creds(old_creds);
 		put_cred(new_creds);
 	}
 
-	return err;
-
-temp_err:
-	err = PTR_ERR(temp);
-	goto out;
+	return temp;
 }
 
 static int ovl_copy_up_inode(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry *temp)
@@ -579,21 +548,21 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_locked(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
 	struct inode *udir = c->destdir->d_inode;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *newdentry = NULL;
-	struct dentry *temp = NULL;
+	struct dentry *temp;
 	int err;
 
-	err = ovl_get_tmpfile(c, &temp);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
+	temp = ovl_get_tmpfile(c);
+	if (IS_ERR(temp))
+		return PTR_ERR(temp);
 
 	err = ovl_copy_up_inode(c, temp);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_cleanup;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(c->stat.mode) && c->indexed) {
 		err = ovl_create_index(c->dentry, c->lowerpath.dentry, temp);
 		if (err)
-			goto out_cleanup;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (c->tmpfile) {
@@ -604,7 +573,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_locked(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
 		err = ovl_install_temp(c, temp, &newdentry);
 	}
 	if (err)
-		goto out_cleanup;
+		goto out;
 
 	inode = d_inode(c->dentry);
 	ovl_inode_update(inode, newdentry);
@@ -612,13 +581,11 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_locked(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
 		ovl_set_flag(OVL_WHITEOUTS, inode);
 
 out:
+	if (err && !c->tmpfile)
+		ovl_cleanup(d_inode(c->workdir), temp);
 	dput(temp);
 	return err;
 
-out_cleanup:
-	if (!c->tmpfile)
-		ovl_cleanup(d_inode(c->workdir), temp);
-	goto out;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 839709c7803a..f480b1a2cd2e 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int ovl_cleanup(struct inode *wdir, struct dentry *wdentry)
 	return err;
 }
 
-struct dentry *ovl_lookup_temp(struct dentry *workdir)
+static struct dentry *ovl_lookup_temp(struct dentry *workdir)
 {
 	struct dentry *temp;
 	char name[20];
@@ -114,36 +114,72 @@ kill_whiteout:
 	goto out;
 }
 
-int ovl_create_real(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *newdentry,
-		    struct cattr *attr, struct dentry *hardlink, bool debug)
+static int ovl_mkdir_real(struct inode *dir, struct dentry **newdentry,
+			  umode_t mode)
 {
 	int err;
+	struct dentry *d, *dentry = *newdentry;
 
+	err = ovl_do_mkdir(dir, dentry, mode);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (likely(!d_unhashed(dentry)))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * vfs_mkdir() may succeed and leave the dentry passed
+	 * to it unhashed and negative. If that happens, try to
+	 * lookup a new hashed and positive dentry.
+	 */
+	d = lookup_one_len(dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_parent,
+			   dentry->d_name.len);
+	if (IS_ERR(d)) {
+		pr_warn("overlayfs: failed lookup after mkdir (%pd2, err=%i).\n",
+			dentry, err);
+		return PTR_ERR(d);
+	}
+	dput(dentry);
+	*newdentry = d;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_create_real(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *newdentry,
+			       struct ovl_cattr *attr)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
+		return newdentry;
+
+	err = -ESTALE;
 	if (newdentry->d_inode)
-		return -ESTALE;
+		goto out;
 
-	if (hardlink) {
-		err = ovl_do_link(hardlink, dir, newdentry, debug);
+	if (attr->hardlink) {
+		err = ovl_do_link(attr->hardlink, dir, newdentry);
 	} else {
 		switch (attr->mode & S_IFMT) {
 		case S_IFREG:
-			err = ovl_do_create(dir, newdentry, attr->mode, debug);
+			err = ovl_do_create(dir, newdentry, attr->mode);
 			break;
 
 		case S_IFDIR:
-			err = ovl_do_mkdir(dir, newdentry, attr->mode, debug);
+			/* mkdir is special... */
+			err =  ovl_mkdir_real(dir, &newdentry, attr->mode);
 			break;
 
 		case S_IFCHR:
 		case S_IFBLK:
 		case S_IFIFO:
 		case S_IFSOCK:
-			err = ovl_do_mknod(dir, newdentry,
-					   attr->mode, attr->rdev, debug);
+			err = ovl_do_mknod(dir, newdentry, attr->mode,
+					   attr->rdev);
 			break;
 
 		case S_IFLNK:
-			err = ovl_do_symlink(dir, newdentry, attr->link, debug);
+			err = ovl_do_symlink(dir, newdentry, attr->link);
 			break;
 
 		default:
@@ -155,9 +191,20 @@ int ovl_create_real(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *newdentry,
 		 * Not quite sure if non-instantiated dentry is legal or not.
 		 * VFS doesn't seem to care so check and warn here.
 		 */
-		err = -ENOENT;
+		err = -EIO;
 	}
-	return err;
+out:
+	if (err) {
+		dput(newdentry);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+	return newdentry;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_create_temp(struct dentry *workdir, struct ovl_cattr *attr)
+{
+	return ovl_create_real(d_inode(workdir), ovl_lookup_temp(workdir),
+			       attr);
 }
 
 static int ovl_set_opaque_xerr(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upper,
@@ -182,24 +229,54 @@ static int ovl_set_opaque(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry)
 	return ovl_set_opaque_xerr(dentry, upperdentry, -EIO);
 }
 
-/* Common operations required to be done after creation of file on upper */
-static void ovl_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
-			    struct dentry *newdentry, bool hardlink)
+/*
+ * Common operations required to be done after creation of file on upper.
+ * If @hardlink is false, then @inode is a pre-allocated inode, we may or
+ * may not use to instantiate the new dentry.
+ */
+static int ovl_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			   struct dentry *newdentry, bool hardlink)
 {
+	struct ovl_inode_params oip = {
+		.upperdentry = newdentry,
+		.newinode = inode,
+	};
+
 	ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry->d_parent, false);
 	ovl_dentry_set_upper_alias(dentry);
 	if (!hardlink) {
-		ovl_inode_update(inode, newdentry);
-		ovl_copyattr(newdentry->d_inode, inode);
+		/*
+		 * ovl_obtain_alias() can be called after ovl_create_real()
+		 * and before we get here, so we may get an inode from cache
+		 * with the same real upperdentry that is not the inode we
+		 * pre-allocated.  In this case we will use the cached inode
+		 * to instantiate the new dentry.
+		 *
+		 * XXX: if we ever use ovl_obtain_alias() to decode directory
+		 * file handles, need to use ovl_get_inode_locked() and
+		 * d_instantiate_new() here to prevent from creating two
+		 * hashed directory inode aliases.
+		 */
+		inode = ovl_get_inode(dentry->d_sb, &oip);
+		if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(inode)))
+			return PTR_ERR(inode);
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON(ovl_inode_real(inode) != d_inode(newdentry));
 		dput(newdentry);
 		inc_nlink(inode);
 	}
+
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	if (inode != oip.newinode) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: newly created inode found in cache (%pd2)\n",
+				    dentry);
+	}
+
 	/* Force lookup of new upper hardlink to find its lower */
 	if (hardlink)
 		d_drop(dentry);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static bool ovl_type_merge(struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -213,38 +290,42 @@ static bool ovl_type_origin(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 static int ovl_create_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
-			    struct cattr *attr, struct dentry *hardlink)
+			    struct ovl_cattr *attr)
 {
 	struct dentry *upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry->d_parent);
 	struct inode *udir = upperdir->d_inode;
 	struct dentry *newdentry;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!hardlink && !IS_POSIXACL(udir))
+	if (!attr->hardlink && !IS_POSIXACL(udir))
 		attr->mode &= ~current_umask();
 
 	inode_lock_nested(udir, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	newdentry = lookup_one_len(dentry->d_name.name, upperdir,
-				   dentry->d_name.len);
+	newdentry = ovl_create_real(udir,
+				    lookup_one_len(dentry->d_name.name,
+						   upperdir,
+						   dentry->d_name.len),
+				    attr);
 	err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
 		goto out_unlock;
-	err = ovl_create_real(udir, newdentry, attr, hardlink, false);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_dput;
 
 	if (ovl_type_merge(dentry->d_parent) && d_is_dir(newdentry)) {
 		/* Setting opaque here is just an optimization, allow to fail */
 		ovl_set_opaque(dentry, newdentry);
 	}
 
-	ovl_instantiate(dentry, inode, newdentry, !!hardlink);
-	newdentry = NULL;
-out_dput:
-	dput(newdentry);
+	err = ovl_instantiate(dentry, inode, newdentry, !!attr->hardlink);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_cleanup;
 out_unlock:
 	inode_unlock(udir);
 	return err;
+
+out_cleanup:
+	ovl_cleanup(udir, newdentry);
+	dput(newdentry);
+	goto out_unlock;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *ovl_clear_empty(struct dentry *dentry,
@@ -280,16 +361,11 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_clear_empty(struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (upper->d_parent->d_inode != udir)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	opaquedir = ovl_lookup_temp(workdir);
+	opaquedir = ovl_create_temp(workdir, OVL_CATTR(stat.mode));
 	err = PTR_ERR(opaquedir);
 	if (IS_ERR(opaquedir))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	err = ovl_create_real(wdir, opaquedir,
-			      &(struct cattr){.mode = stat.mode}, NULL, true);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_dput;
-
 	err = ovl_copy_xattr(upper, opaquedir);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_cleanup;
@@ -319,7 +395,6 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_clear_empty(struct dentry *dentry,
 
 out_cleanup:
 	ovl_cleanup(wdir, opaquedir);
-out_dput:
 	dput(opaquedir);
 out_unlock:
 	unlock_rename(workdir, upperdir);
@@ -354,8 +429,7 @@ out_free:
 }
 
 static int ovl_create_over_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
-				    struct cattr *cattr,
-				    struct dentry *hardlink)
+				    struct ovl_cattr *cattr)
 {
 	struct dentry *workdir = ovl_workdir(dentry);
 	struct inode *wdir = workdir->d_inode;
@@ -365,6 +439,7 @@ static int ovl_create_over_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	struct dentry *newdentry;
 	int err;
 	struct posix_acl *acl, *default_acl;
+	bool hardlink = !!cattr->hardlink;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!workdir))
 		return -EROFS;
@@ -380,20 +455,16 @@ static int ovl_create_over_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	newdentry = ovl_lookup_temp(workdir);
-	err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	upper = lookup_one_len(dentry->d_name.name, upperdir,
 			       dentry->d_name.len);
 	err = PTR_ERR(upper);
 	if (IS_ERR(upper))
-		goto out_dput;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
-	err = ovl_create_real(wdir, newdentry, cattr, hardlink, true);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_dput2;
+	newdentry = ovl_create_temp(workdir, cattr);
+	err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
+		goto out_dput;
 
 	/*
 	 * mode could have been mutilated due to umask (e.g. sgid directory)
@@ -439,12 +510,11 @@ static int ovl_create_over_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 		if (err)
 			goto out_cleanup;
 	}
-	ovl_instantiate(dentry, inode, newdentry, !!hardlink);
-	newdentry = NULL;
-out_dput2:
-	dput(upper);
+	err = ovl_instantiate(dentry, inode, newdentry, hardlink);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_cleanup;
 out_dput:
-	dput(newdentry);
+	dput(upper);
 out_unlock:
 	unlock_rename(workdir, upperdir);
 out:
@@ -456,12 +526,12 @@ out:
 
 out_cleanup:
 	ovl_cleanup(wdir, newdentry);
-	goto out_dput2;
+	dput(newdentry);
+	goto out_dput;
 }
 
 static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
-			      struct cattr *attr, struct dentry *hardlink,
-			      bool origin)
+			      struct ovl_cattr *attr, bool origin)
 {
 	int err;
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
@@ -489,7 +559,7 @@ static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	if (override_cred) {
 		override_cred->fsuid = inode->i_uid;
 		override_cred->fsgid = inode->i_gid;
-		if (!hardlink) {
+		if (!attr->hardlink) {
 			err = security_dentry_create_files_as(dentry,
 					attr->mode, &dentry->d_name, old_cred,
 					override_cred);
@@ -502,21 +572,12 @@ static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 		put_cred(override_cred);
 
 		if (!ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(dentry))
-			err = ovl_create_upper(dentry, inode, attr,
-						hardlink);
+			err = ovl_create_upper(dentry, inode, attr);
 		else
-			err = ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, attr,
-							hardlink);
+			err = ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, attr);
 	}
 out_revert_creds:
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
-	if (!err) {
-		struct inode *realinode = d_inode(ovl_dentry_upper(dentry));
-
-		WARN_ON(inode->i_mode != realinode->i_mode);
-		WARN_ON(!uid_eq(inode->i_uid, realinode->i_uid));
-		WARN_ON(!gid_eq(inode->i_gid, realinode->i_gid));
-	}
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -525,7 +586,7 @@ static int ovl_create_object(struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev,
 {
 	int err;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct cattr attr = {
+	struct ovl_cattr attr = {
 		.rdev = rdev,
 		.link = link,
 	};
@@ -534,6 +595,7 @@ static int ovl_create_object(struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Preallocate inode to be used by ovl_get_inode() */
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	inode = ovl_new_inode(dentry->d_sb, mode, rdev);
 	if (!inode)
@@ -542,8 +604,9 @@ static int ovl_create_object(struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev,
 	inode_init_owner(inode, dentry->d_parent->d_inode, mode);
 	attr.mode = inode->i_mode;
 
-	err = ovl_create_or_link(dentry, inode, &attr, NULL, false);
-	if (err)
+	err = ovl_create_or_link(dentry, inode, &attr, false);
+	/* Did we end up using the preallocated inode? */
+	if (inode != d_inode(dentry))
 		iput(inode);
 
 out_drop_write:
@@ -601,8 +664,9 @@ static int ovl_link(struct dentry *old, struct inode *newdir,
 	inode = d_inode(old);
 	ihold(inode);
 
-	err = ovl_create_or_link(new, inode, NULL, ovl_dentry_upper(old),
-				 ovl_type_origin(old));
+	err = ovl_create_or_link(new, inode,
+			&(struct ovl_cattr) {.hardlink = ovl_dentry_upper(old)},
+			ovl_type_origin(old));
 	if (err)
 		iput(inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/export.c b/fs/overlayfs/export.c
index 425a94672300..9941ece61a14 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/export.c
@@ -300,12 +300,18 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_obtain_alias(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ovl_entry *oe;
+	struct ovl_inode_params oip = {
+		.lowerpath = lowerpath,
+		.index = index,
+		.numlower = !!lower
+	};
 
 	/* We get overlay directory dentries with ovl_lookup_real() */
 	if (d_is_dir(upper ?: lower))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 
-	inode = ovl_get_inode(sb, dget(upper), lowerpath, index, !!lower);
+	oip.upperdentry = dget(upper);
+	inode = ovl_get_inode(sb, &oip);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		dput(upper);
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 6e3815fb006b..1db5b3b458a1 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -749,15 +749,26 @@ static bool ovl_hash_bylower(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *upper,
 	return true;
 }
 
-struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *upperdentry,
-			    struct ovl_path *lowerpath, struct dentry *index,
-			    unsigned int numlower)
+static struct inode *ovl_iget5(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *newinode,
+			       struct inode *key)
 {
+	return newinode ? inode_insert5(newinode, (unsigned long) key,
+					 ovl_inode_test, ovl_inode_set, key) :
+			  iget5_locked(sb, (unsigned long) key,
+				       ovl_inode_test, ovl_inode_set, key);
+}
+
+struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
+			    struct ovl_inode_params *oip)
+{
+	struct dentry *upperdentry = oip->upperdentry;
+	struct ovl_path *lowerpath = oip->lowerpath;
 	struct inode *realinode = upperdentry ? d_inode(upperdentry) : NULL;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *lowerdentry = lowerpath ? lowerpath->dentry : NULL;
-	bool bylower = ovl_hash_bylower(sb, upperdentry, lowerdentry, index);
-	int fsid = bylower ? lowerpath->layer->fsid : 0;
+	bool bylower = ovl_hash_bylower(sb, upperdentry, lowerdentry,
+					oip->index);
+	int fsid = bylower ? oip->lowerpath->layer->fsid : 0;
 	bool is_dir;
 	unsigned long ino = 0;
 
@@ -774,8 +785,7 @@ struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *upperdentry,
 						      upperdentry);
 		unsigned int nlink = is_dir ? 1 : realinode->i_nlink;
 
-		inode = iget5_locked(sb, (unsigned long) key,
-				     ovl_inode_test, ovl_inode_set, key);
+		inode = ovl_iget5(sb, oip->newinode, key);
 		if (!inode)
 			goto out_nomem;
 		if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW)) {
@@ -811,12 +821,12 @@ struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *upperdentry,
 	if (upperdentry && ovl_is_impuredir(upperdentry))
 		ovl_set_flag(OVL_IMPURE, inode);
 
-	if (index)
+	if (oip->index)
 		ovl_set_flag(OVL_INDEX, inode);
 
 	/* Check for non-merge dir that may have whiteouts */
 	if (is_dir) {
-		if (((upperdentry && lowerdentry) || numlower > 1) ||
+		if (((upperdentry && lowerdentry) || oip->numlower > 1) ||
 		    ovl_check_origin_xattr(upperdentry ?: lowerdentry)) {
 			ovl_set_flag(OVL_WHITEOUTS, inode);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 2dba29eadde6..08801b45df00 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -1004,8 +1004,14 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		upperdentry = dget(index);
 
 	if (upperdentry || ctr) {
-		inode = ovl_get_inode(dentry->d_sb, upperdentry, stack, index,
-				      ctr);
+		struct ovl_inode_params oip = {
+			.upperdentry = upperdentry,
+			.lowerpath = stack,
+			.index = index,
+			.numlower = ctr,
+		};
+
+		inode = ovl_get_inode(dentry->d_sb, &oip);
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode))
 			goto out_free_oe;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index e0b7de799f6b..3c5e9f18b0d9 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct ovl_fh {
 static inline int ovl_do_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int err = vfs_rmdir(dir, dentry);
+
 	pr_debug("rmdir(%pd2) = %i\n", dentry, err);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -93,56 +94,52 @@ static inline int ovl_do_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 static inline int ovl_do_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int err = vfs_unlink(dir, dentry, NULL);
+
 	pr_debug("unlink(%pd2) = %i\n", dentry, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
 static inline int ovl_do_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
-			      struct dentry *new_dentry, bool debug)
+			      struct dentry *new_dentry)
 {
 	int err = vfs_link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry, NULL);
-	if (debug) {
-		pr_debug("link(%pd2, %pd2) = %i\n",
-			 old_dentry, new_dentry, err);
-	}
+
+	pr_debug("link(%pd2, %pd2) = %i\n", old_dentry, new_dentry, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
 static inline int ovl_do_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-			     umode_t mode, bool debug)
+				umode_t mode)
 {
 	int err = vfs_create(dir, dentry, mode, true);
-	if (debug)
-		pr_debug("create(%pd2, 0%o) = %i\n", dentry, mode, err);
+
+	pr_debug("create(%pd2, 0%o) = %i\n", dentry, mode, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
 static inline int ovl_do_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-			       umode_t mode, bool debug)
+			       umode_t mode)
 {
 	int err = vfs_mkdir(dir, dentry, mode);
-	if (debug)
-		pr_debug("mkdir(%pd2, 0%o) = %i\n", dentry, mode, err);
+	pr_debug("mkdir(%pd2, 0%o) = %i\n", dentry, mode, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
 static inline int ovl_do_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-			       umode_t mode, dev_t dev, bool debug)
+			       umode_t mode, dev_t dev)
 {
 	int err = vfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, dev);
-	if (debug) {
-		pr_debug("mknod(%pd2, 0%o, 0%o) = %i\n",
-			 dentry, mode, dev, err);
-	}
+
+	pr_debug("mknod(%pd2, 0%o, 0%o) = %i\n", dentry, mode, dev, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
 static inline int ovl_do_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-				 const char *oldname, bool debug)
+				 const char *oldname)
 {
 	int err = vfs_symlink(dir, dentry, oldname);
-	if (debug)
-		pr_debug("symlink(\"%s\", %pd2) = %i\n", oldname, dentry, err);
+
+	pr_debug("symlink(\"%s\", %pd2) = %i\n", oldname, dentry, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -168,11 +165,8 @@ static inline int ovl_do_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *olddentry,
 {
 	int err;
 
-	pr_debug("rename(%pd2, %pd2, 0x%x)\n",
-		 olddentry, newdentry, flags);
-
+	pr_debug("rename(%pd2, %pd2, 0x%x)\n", olddentry, newdentry, flags);
 	err = vfs_rename(olddir, olddentry, newdir, newdentry, NULL, flags);
-
 	if (err) {
 		pr_debug("...rename(%pd2, %pd2, ...) = %i\n",
 			 olddentry, newdentry, err);
@@ -334,12 +328,18 @@ int ovl_open_maybe_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int file_flags);
 int ovl_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *ts, int flags);
 bool ovl_is_private_xattr(const char *name);
 
+struct ovl_inode_params {
+	struct inode *newinode;
+	struct dentry *upperdentry;
+	struct ovl_path *lowerpath;
+	struct dentry *index;
+	unsigned int numlower;
+};
 struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev);
 struct inode *ovl_lookup_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *real,
 			       bool is_upper);
-struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *upperdentry,
-			    struct ovl_path *lowerpath, struct dentry *index,
-			    unsigned int numlower);
+struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
+			    struct ovl_inode_params *oip);
 static inline void ovl_copyattr(struct inode *from, struct inode *to)
 {
 	to->i_uid = from->i_uid;
@@ -352,18 +352,21 @@ static inline void ovl_copyattr(struct inode *from, struct inode *to)
 
 /* dir.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations ovl_dir_inode_operations;
-struct dentry *ovl_lookup_temp(struct dentry *workdir);
 int ovl_cleanup_and_whiteout(struct dentry *workdir, struct inode *dir,
 			     struct dentry *dentry);
-struct cattr {
+struct ovl_cattr {
 	dev_t rdev;
 	umode_t mode;
 	const char *link;
+	struct dentry *hardlink;
 };
-int ovl_create_real(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *newdentry,
-		    struct cattr *attr,
-		    struct dentry *hardlink, bool debug);
+
+#define OVL_CATTR(m) (&(struct ovl_cattr) { .mode = (m) })
+
+struct dentry *ovl_create_real(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *newdentry,
+			       struct ovl_cattr *attr);
 int ovl_cleanup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
+struct dentry *ovl_create_temp(struct dentry *workdir, struct ovl_cattr *attr);
 
 /* copy_up.c */
 int ovl_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index e8551c97de51..704b37311467 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -611,11 +611,10 @@ retry:
 			goto retry;
 		}
 
-		err = ovl_create_real(dir, work,
-				      &(struct cattr){.mode = S_IFDIR | 0},
-				      NULL, true);
-		if (err)
-			goto out_dput;
+		work = ovl_create_real(dir, work, OVL_CATTR(attr.ia_mode));
+		err = PTR_ERR(work);
+		if (IS_ERR(work))
+			goto out_err;
 
 		/*
 		 * Try to remove POSIX ACL xattrs from workdir.  We are good if: