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diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index 4d53d3b7e5fe..d081faa55e83 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -392,6 +392,51 @@ out_unlock:
return ret;
}
+/*
+ * Calling iter_file_splice_write() directly from overlay's f_op may deadlock
+ * due to lock order inversion between pipe->mutex in iter_file_splice_write()
+ * and file_start_write(real.file) in ovl_write_iter().
+ *
+ * So do everything ovl_write_iter() does and call iter_file_splice_write() on
+ * the real file.
+ */
+static ssize_t ovl_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+ loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ struct fd real;
+ const struct cred *old_cred;
+ struct inode *inode = file_inode(out);
+ struct inode *realinode = ovl_inode_real(inode);
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ inode_lock(inode);
+ /* Update mode */
+ ovl_copyattr(realinode, inode);
+ ret = file_remove_privs(out);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ ret = ovl_real_fdget(out, &real);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
+ file_start_write(real.file);
+
+ ret = iter_file_splice_write(pipe, real.file, ppos, len, flags);
+
+ file_end_write(real.file);
+ /* Update size */
+ ovl_copyattr(realinode, inode);
+ revert_creds(old_cred);
+ fdput(real);
+
+out_unlock:
+ inode_unlock(inode);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int ovl_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
{
struct fd real;
@@ -603,7 +648,7 @@ const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations = {
.fadvise = ovl_fadvise,
.flush = ovl_flush,
.splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
- .splice_write = iter_file_splice_write,
+ .splice_write = ovl_splice_write,
.copy_file_range = ovl_copy_file_range,
.remap_file_range = ovl_remap_file_range,