[PATCH v2 08/10] ovl: do not fail because of O_NOATIME

[Miklos Szeredi]

In case the file cannot be opened with O_NOATIME because of lack of
capabilities, then clear O_NOATIME instead of failing.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/overlayfs/file.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index dc767034d37b..d6ac7ac66410 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ static struct file *ovl_open_realfile(const struct file *file,
 	err = inode_permission(realinode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode);
 	if (err) {
 		realfile = ERR_PTR(err);
-	} else if (!inode_owner_or_capable(realinode)) {
-		realfile = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	} else {
+		if (!inode_owner_or_capable(realinode))
+			flags &= ~O_NOATIME;
+
 		realfile = open_with_fake_path(&file->f_path, flags, realinode,
 					       current_cred());
 	}
-- 
2.26.2