3 files changed, 9 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 308379b2d0b2..f140e3dbfb7b 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -337,37 +337,30 @@ static bool ovl_open_need_copy_up(int flags, enum ovl_path_type type,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int ovl_dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct file *file,
-		    const struct cred *cred)
+struct inode *ovl_d_select_inode(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned file_flags)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct path realpath;
 	enum ovl_path_type type;
-	bool want_write = false;
 
 	type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
-	if (ovl_open_need_copy_up(file->f_flags, type, realpath.dentry)) {
-		want_write = true;
+	if (ovl_open_need_copy_up(file_flags, type, realpath.dentry)) {
 		err = ovl_want_write(dentry);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-		if (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)
+		if (file_flags & O_TRUNC)
 			err = ovl_copy_up_last(dentry, NULL, true);
 		else
 			err = ovl_copy_up(dentry);
+		ovl_drop_write(dentry);
 		if (err)
-			goto out_drop_write;
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
 
 		ovl_path_upper(dentry, &realpath);
 	}
 
-	err = vfs_open(&realpath, file, cred);
-out_drop_write:
-	if (want_write)
-		ovl_drop_write(dentry);
-out:
-	return err;
+	return d_backing_inode(realpath.dentry);
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations ovl_file_inode_operations = {
@@ -378,7 +371,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations ovl_file_inode_operations = {
 	.getxattr	= ovl_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= ovl_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= ovl_removexattr,
-	.dentry_open	= ovl_dentry_open,
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations ovl_symlink_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 17ac5afc9ffb..ea5a40b06e3a 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		     void *value, size_t size);
 ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size);
 int ovl_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
+struct inode *ovl_d_select_inode(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned file_flags);
 
 struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode,
 			    struct ovl_entry *oe);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 8a08c582bc22..7466ff339c66 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ static int ovl_dentry_weak_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 
 static const struct dentry_operations ovl_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_release = ovl_dentry_release,
+	.d_select_inode = ovl_d_select_inode,
 };
 
 static const struct dentry_operations ovl_reval_dentry_operations = {