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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 23d64d51f331..35bb956af8e8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -96,11 +96,15 @@ int ovl_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
WARN_ON_ONCE(stat->dev != lowerstat.dev);
/*
- * Lower hardlinks are broken on copy up to different
+ * Lower hardlinks may be broken on copy up to different
* upper files, so we cannot use the lower origin st_ino
* for those different files, even for the same fs case.
+ * With inodes index enabled, it is safe to use st_ino
+ * of an indexed hardlinked origin. The index validates
+ * that the upper hardlink is not broken.
*/
- if (is_dir || lowerstat.nlink == 1)
+ if (is_dir || lowerstat.nlink == 1 ||
+ ovl_test_flag(OVL_INDEX, d_inode(dentry)))
stat->ino = lowerstat.ino;
}
stat->dev = dentry->d_sb->s_dev;