[SRU][X/generic][X/aws][PATCH 1/1] Revert "ovl: modify ovl_permission() to do checks on two inodes"

[Ioanna Alifieraki]

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851243

This commit breaks r/w access to files. Since fixing it requires many
commits to be backported revert it to avoid risk of regressions.
For detailed description please look at LP #1851243.

This reverts commit c8838e8eb196496e55cf40eed602a906b36ef1cc.

Signed-off-by: Ioanna Alifieraki <ioanna-maria.alifieraki at canonical.com>
---
 fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 13 -------------
 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 060482e349ef..013d27dc6f58 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include "overlayfs.h"
 
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	struct ovl_entry *oe;
 	struct dentry *alias = NULL;
 	struct inode *realinode;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	struct dentry *realdentry;
 	bool is_upper;
 	int err;
@@ -145,18 +143,7 @@ int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 			goto out_dput;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Check overlay inode with the creds of task and underlying inode
-	 * with creds of mounter
-	 */
-	err = generic_permission(inode, mask);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_dput;
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
 	err = __inode_permission(realinode, mask);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-
 out_dput:
 	dput(alias);
 	return err;
-- 
2.17.1