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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 5f90ddf778ba..306b6c161840 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/cred.h>
#include <linux/posix_acl.h>
#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
#include "overlayfs.h"
void ovl_cleanup(struct inode *wdir, struct dentry *wdentry)
@@ -37,8 +38,10 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup_temp(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct dentry *temp;
char name[20];
+ static atomic_t temp_id = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
- snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "#%lx", (unsigned long) dentry);
+ /* counter is allowed to wrap, since temp dentries are ephemeral */
+ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "#%x", atomic_inc_return(&temp_id));
temp = lookup_one_len(name, workdir, strlen(name));
if (!IS_ERR(temp) && temp->d_inode) {