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-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/dir.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index f4cf2928cf8e..723b98b90698 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ static void ovl_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
inc_nlink(inode);
}
d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ /* Force lookup of new upper hardlink to find its lower */
+ if (hardlink)
+ d_drop(dentry);
}
static bool ovl_type_merge(struct dentry *dentry)