diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 99453ba..b047615 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ source "fs/quota/Kconfig"
 
 source "fs/autofs4/Kconfig"
 source "fs/fuse/Kconfig"
+source "fs/overlayfs/Kconfig"
 
 config CUSE
 	tristate "Character device in Userspace support"
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index a8bbb32..fb33be9 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS)		+= qnx4/
 obj-$(CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS)	+= autofs4/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ADFS_FS)		+= adfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUSE_FS)		+= fuse/
+obj-$(CONFIG_OVERLAYFS_FS)	+= overlayfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_UDF_FS)		+= udf/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SUN_OPENPROMFS)	+= openpromfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_OMFS_FS)		+= omfs/
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4517da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+config OVERLAYFS_FS
+	tristate "Overlay filesystem support"
+	help
+	  Add support for overlay filesystem.
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Makefile b/fs/overlayfs/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f91889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Makefile for the overlay filesystem.
+#
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_OVERLAYFS_FS) += overlayfs.o
+
+overlayfs-objs := super.o inode.o dir.o readdir.o copy_up.o
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..398fa1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include "overlayfs.h"
+
+#define OVL_COPY_UP_CHUNK_SIZE (1 << 20)
+
+static int ovl_copy_up_xattr(struct dentry *old, struct dentry *new)
+{
+	ssize_t list_size, size;
+	char *buf, *name, *value;
+	int error;
+
+	if (!old->d_inode->i_op->getxattr ||
+	    !new->d_inode->i_op->getxattr)
+		return 0;
+
+	list_size = vfs_listxattr(old, NULL, 0);
+	if (list_size <= 0) {
+		if (list_size == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			return 0;
+		return list_size;
+	}
+
+	buf = kzalloc(list_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	error = -ENOMEM;
+	value = kmalloc(XATTR_SIZE_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!value)
+		goto out;
+
+	list_size = vfs_listxattr(old, buf, list_size);
+	if (list_size <= 0) {
+		error = list_size;
+		goto out_free_value;
+	}
+
+	for (name = buf; name < (buf + list_size); name += strlen(name) + 1) {
+		size = vfs_getxattr(old, name, value, XATTR_SIZE_MAX);
+		if (size <= 0) {
+			error = size;
+			goto out_free_value;
+		}
+		error = vfs_setxattr(new, name, value, size, 0);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_free_value;
+	}
+
+out_free_value:
+	kfree(value);
+out:
+	kfree(buf);
+	return error;
+}
+
+static int ovl_copy_up_data(struct path *old, struct path *new, loff_t len)
+{
+	struct file *old_file;
+	struct file *new_file;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	if (len == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	old_file = ovl_path_open(old, O_RDONLY);
+	if (IS_ERR(old_file))
+		return PTR_ERR(old_file);
+
+	new_file = ovl_path_open(new, O_WRONLY);
+	if (IS_ERR(new_file)) {
+		error = PTR_ERR(new_file);
+		goto out_fput;
+	}
+
+	/* FIXME: copy up sparse files efficiently */
+	while (len) {
+		loff_t offset = new_file->f_pos;
+		size_t this_len = OVL_COPY_UP_CHUNK_SIZE;
+		long bytes;
+
+		if (len < this_len)
+			this_len = len;
+
+		if (signal_pending_state(TASK_KILLABLE, current)) {
+			error = -EINTR;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		bytes = do_splice_direct(old_file, &offset, new_file, this_len,
+				 SPLICE_F_MOVE);
+		if (bytes <= 0) {
+			error = bytes;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		len -= bytes;
+	}
+
+	fput(new_file);
+out_fput:
+	fput(old_file);
+	return error;
+}
+
+static char *ovl_read_symlink(struct dentry *realdentry)
+{
+	int res;
+	char *buf;
+	struct inode *inode = realdentry->d_inode;
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
+
+	res = -EINVAL;
+	if (!inode->i_op->readlink)
+		goto err;
+
+	res = -ENOMEM;
+	buf = (char *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		goto err;
+
+	old_fs = get_fs();
+	set_fs(get_ds());
+	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
+	res = inode->i_op->readlink(realdentry,
+				    (char __user *)buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+	set_fs(old_fs);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		free_page((unsigned long) buf);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	buf[res] = '\0';
+
+	return buf;
+
+err:
+	return ERR_PTR(res);
+}
+
+static int ovl_set_timestamps(struct dentry *upperdentry, struct kstat *stat)
+{
+	struct iattr attr = {
+		.ia_valid =
+		     ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_ATIME_SET | ATTR_MTIME_SET,
+		.ia_atime = stat->atime,
+		.ia_mtime = stat->mtime,
+	};
+
+	return notify_change(upperdentry, &attr);
+}
+
+static int ovl_set_mode(struct dentry *upperdentry, umode_t mode)
+{
+	struct iattr attr = {
+		.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE,
+		.ia_mode = mode,
+	};
+
+	return notify_change(upperdentry, &attr);
+}
+
+static int ovl_copy_up_locked(struct dentry *upperdir, struct dentry *dentry,
+			      struct path *lowerpath, struct kstat *stat,
+			      const char *link)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct path newpath;
+	umode_t mode = stat->mode;
+
+	/* Can't properly set mode on creation because of the umask */
+	stat->mode &= S_IFMT;
+
+	ovl_path_upper(dentry, &newpath);
+	WARN_ON(newpath.dentry);
+	newpath.dentry = ovl_upper_create(upperdir, dentry, stat, link);
+	if (IS_ERR(newpath.dentry))
+		return PTR_ERR(newpath.dentry);
+
+	if (S_ISREG(stat->mode)) {
+		err = ovl_copy_up_data(lowerpath, &newpath, stat->size);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_remove;
+	}
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up_xattr(lowerpath->dentry, newpath.dentry);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_remove;
+
+	mutex_lock(&newpath.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	if (!S_ISLNK(stat->mode))
+		err = ovl_set_mode(newpath.dentry, mode);
+	if (!err)
+		err = ovl_set_timestamps(newpath.dentry, stat);
+	mutex_unlock(&newpath.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_remove;
+
+	ovl_dentry_update(dentry, newpath.dentry);
+
+	/*
+	 * Easiest way to get rid of the lower dentry reference is to
+	 * drop this dentry.  This is neither needed nor possible for
+	 * directories.
+	 */
+	if (!S_ISDIR(stat->mode))
+		d_drop(dentry);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_remove:
+	if (S_ISDIR(stat->mode))
+		vfs_rmdir(upperdir->d_inode, newpath.dentry);
+	else
+		vfs_unlink(upperdir->d_inode, newpath.dentry);
+
+	dput(newpath.dentry);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Copy up a single dentry
+ *
+ * Directory renames only allowed on "pure upper" (already created on
+ * upper filesystem, never copied up).  Directories which are on lower or
+ * are merged may not be renamed.  For these -EXDEV is returned and
+ * userspace has to deal with it.  This means, when copying up a
+ * directory we can rely on it and ancestors being stable.
+ *
+ * Non-directory renames start with copy up of source if necessary.  The
+ * actual rename will only proceed once the copy up was successful.  Copy
+ * up uses upper parent i_mutex for exclusion.  Since rename can change
+ * d_parent it is possible that the copy up will lock the old parent.  At
+ * that point the file will have already been copied up anyway.
+ */
+static int ovl_copy_up_one(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
+			   struct path *lowerpath, struct kstat *stat)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct kstat pstat;
+	struct path parentpath;
+	struct dentry *upperdir;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct cred *override_cred;
+	char *link = NULL;
+
+	ovl_path_upper(parent, &parentpath);
+	upperdir = parentpath.dentry;
+
+	err = vfs_getattr(parentpath.mnt, parentpath.dentry, &pstat);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (S_ISLNK(stat->mode)) {
+		link = ovl_read_symlink(lowerpath->dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(link))
+			return PTR_ERR(link);
+	}
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	override_cred = prepare_creds();
+	if (!override_cred)
+		goto out_free_link;
+
+	override_cred->fsuid = stat->uid;
+	override_cred->fsgid = stat->gid;
+	/*
+	 * CAP_SYS_ADMIN for copying up extended attributes
+	 * CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE for create
+	 * CAP_FOWNER for chmod, timestamp update
+	 * CAP_FSETID for chmod
+	 * CAP_MKNOD for mknod
+	 */
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_FOWNER);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_FSETID);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_MKNOD);
+	old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
+
+	mutex_lock_nested(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	if (ovl_path_type(dentry) != OVL_PATH_LOWER) {
+		err = 0;
+	} else {
+		err = ovl_copy_up_locked(upperdir, dentry, lowerpath,
+					 stat, link);
+		if (!err) {
+			/* Restore timestamps on parent (best effort) */
+			ovl_set_timestamps(upperdir, &pstat);
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	put_cred(override_cred);
+
+out_free_link:
+	if (link)
+		free_page((unsigned long) link);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+int ovl_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = 0;
+	while (!err) {
+		struct dentry *next;
+		struct dentry *parent;
+		struct path lowerpath;
+		struct kstat stat;
+		enum ovl_path_type type = ovl_path_type(dentry);
+
+		if (type != OVL_PATH_LOWER)
+			break;
+
+		next = dget(dentry);
+		/* find the topmost dentry not yet copied up */
+		for (;;) {
+			parent = dget_parent(next);
+
+			type = ovl_path_type(parent);
+			if (type != OVL_PATH_LOWER)
+				break;
+
+			dput(next);
+			next = parent;
+		}
+
+		ovl_path_lower(next, &lowerpath);
+		err = vfs_getattr(lowerpath.mnt, lowerpath.dentry, &stat);
+		if (!err)
+			err = ovl_copy_up_one(parent, next, &lowerpath, &stat);
+
+		dput(parent);
+		dput(next);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* Optimize by not copying up the file first and truncating later */
+int ovl_copy_up_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t size)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct kstat stat;
+	struct path lowerpath;
+	struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up(parent);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_dput_parent;
+
+	ovl_path_lower(dentry, &lowerpath);
+	err = vfs_getattr(lowerpath.mnt, lowerpath.dentry, &stat);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_dput_parent;
+
+	if (size < stat.size)
+		stat.size = size;
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up_one(parent, dentry, &lowerpath, &stat);
+
+out_dput_parent:
+	dput(parent);
+	return err;
+}
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57bbb94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -0,0 +1,596 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include "overlayfs.h"
+
+static const char *ovl_whiteout_symlink = "(overlay-whiteout)";
+
+static int ovl_whiteout(struct dentry *upperdir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dentry *newdentry;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct cred *override_cred;
+
+	/* FIXME: recheck lower dentry to see if whiteout is really needed */
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	override_cred = prepare_creds();
+	if (!override_cred)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * CAP_SYS_ADMIN for setxattr
+	 * CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE for symlink creation
+	 * CAP_FOWNER for unlink in sticky directory
+	 */
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_FOWNER);
+	override_cred->fsuid = 0;
+	override_cred->fsgid = 0;
+	old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
+
+	newdentry = lookup_one_len(dentry->d_name.name, upperdir,
+				   dentry->d_name.len);
+	err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
+		goto out_put_cred;
+
+	/* Just been removed within the same locked region */
+	WARN_ON(newdentry->d_inode);
+
+	err = vfs_symlink(upperdir->d_inode, newdentry, ovl_whiteout_symlink);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_dput;
+
+	ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry->d_parent);
+
+	err = vfs_setxattr(newdentry, ovl_whiteout_xattr, "y", 1, 0);
+	if (err)
+		vfs_unlink(upperdir->d_inode, newdentry);
+
+out_dput:
+	dput(newdentry);
+out_put_cred:
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	put_cred(override_cred);
+out:
+	if (err) {
+		/*
+		 * There's no way to recover from failure to whiteout.
+		 * What should we do?  Log a big fat error and... ?
+		 */
+		printk(KERN_ERR "overlayfs: ERROR - failed to whiteout '%s'\n",
+		       dentry->d_name.name);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static struct dentry *ovl_lookup_create(struct dentry *upperdir,
+					struct dentry *template)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dentry *newdentry;
+	struct qstr *name = &template->d_name;
+
+	newdentry = lookup_one_len(name->name, upperdir, name->len);
+	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
+		return newdentry;
+
+	if (newdentry->d_inode) {
+		const struct cred *old_cred;
+		struct cred *override_cred;
+
+		/* No need to check whiteout if lower parent is non-existent */
+		err = -EEXIST;
+		if (!ovl_dentry_lower(template->d_parent))
+			goto out_dput;
+
+		if (!S_ISLNK(newdentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+			goto out_dput;
+
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		override_cred = prepare_creds();
+		if (!override_cred)
+			goto out_dput;
+
+		/*
+		 * CAP_SYS_ADMIN for getxattr
+		 * CAP_FOWNER for unlink in sticky directory
+		 */
+		cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+		cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_FOWNER);
+		old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
+
+		err = -EEXIST;
+		if (ovl_is_whiteout(newdentry))
+			err = vfs_unlink(upperdir->d_inode, newdentry);
+
+		revert_creds(old_cred);
+		put_cred(override_cred);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_dput;
+
+		dput(newdentry);
+		newdentry = lookup_one_len(name->name, upperdir, name->len);
+		if (IS_ERR(newdentry)) {
+			ovl_whiteout(upperdir, template);
+			return newdentry;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Whiteout just been successfully removed, parent
+		 * i_mutex is still held, there's no way the lookup
+		 * could return positive.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON(newdentry->d_inode);
+	}
+
+	return newdentry;
+
+out_dput:
+	dput(newdentry);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_upper_create(struct dentry *upperdir, struct dentry *dentry,
+				struct kstat *stat, const char *link)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dentry *newdentry;
+	struct inode *dir = upperdir->d_inode;
+
+	newdentry = ovl_lookup_create(upperdir, dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
+		goto out;
+
+	switch (stat->mode & S_IFMT) {
+	case S_IFREG:
+		err = vfs_create(dir, newdentry, stat->mode, NULL);
+		break;
+
+	case S_IFDIR:
+		err = vfs_mkdir(dir, newdentry, stat->mode);
+		break;
+
+	case S_IFCHR:
+	case S_IFBLK:
+	case S_IFIFO:
+	case S_IFSOCK:
+		err = vfs_mknod(dir, newdentry, stat->mode, stat->rdev);
+		break;
+
+	case S_IFLNK:
+		err = vfs_symlink(dir, newdentry, link);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		err = -EPERM;
+	}
+	if (err) {
+		if (ovl_dentry_is_opaque(dentry))
+			ovl_whiteout(upperdir, dentry);
+		dput(newdentry);
+		newdentry = ERR_PTR(err);
+	} else if (WARN_ON(!newdentry->d_inode)) {
+		/*
+		 * Not quite sure if non-instantiated dentry is legal or not.
+		 * VFS doesn't seem to care so check and warn here.
+		 */
+		dput(newdentry);
+		newdentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	}
+
+out:
+	return newdentry;
+
+}
+
+static int ovl_set_opaque(struct dentry *upperdentry)
+{
+	int err;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct cred *override_cred;
+
+	override_cred = prepare_creds();
+	if (!override_cred)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* CAP_SYS_ADMIN for setxattr of "trusted" namespace */
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+	old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
+	err = vfs_setxattr(upperdentry, ovl_opaque_xattr, "y", 1, 0);
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	put_cred(override_cred);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int ovl_remove_opaque(struct dentry *upperdentry)
+{
+	int err;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct cred *override_cred;
+
+	override_cred = prepare_creds();
+	if (!override_cred)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* CAP_SYS_ADMIN for removexattr of "trusted" namespace */
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+	old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
+	err = vfs_removexattr(upperdentry, ovl_opaque_xattr);
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	put_cred(override_cred);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int ovl_dir_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
+			 struct kstat *stat)
+{
+	int err;
+	enum ovl_path_type type;
+	struct path realpath;
+
+	type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
+	err = vfs_getattr(realpath.mnt, realpath.dentry, stat);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	stat->dev = dentry->d_sb->s_dev;
+	stat->ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+
+	/*
+	 * It's probably not worth it to count subdirs to get the
+	 * correct link count.  nlink=1 seems to pacify 'find' and
+	 * other utilities.
+	 */
+	if (type == OVL_PATH_MERGE)
+		stat->nlink = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ovl_create_object(struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev,
+			     const char *link)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dentry *newdentry;
+	struct dentry *upperdir;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct kstat stat = {
+		.mode = mode,
+		.rdev = rdev,
+	};
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	inode = ovl_new_inode(dentry->d_sb, mode, dentry->d_fsdata);
+	if (!inode)
+		goto out;
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up(dentry->d_parent);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_iput;
+
+	upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry->d_parent);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+
+	newdentry = ovl_upper_create(upperdir, dentry, &stat, link);
+	err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry->d_parent);
+	if (ovl_dentry_is_opaque(dentry) && S_ISDIR(mode)) {
+		err = ovl_set_opaque(newdentry);
+		if (err) {
+			vfs_rmdir(upperdir->d_inode, newdentry);
+			ovl_whiteout(upperdir, dentry);
+			goto out_dput;
+		}
+	}
+	ovl_dentry_update(dentry, newdentry);
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	inode = NULL;
+	newdentry = NULL;
+	err = 0;
+
+out_dput:
+	dput(newdentry);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+out_iput:
+	iput(inode);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int ovl_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
+			struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	return ovl_create_object(dentry, (mode & 07777) | S_IFREG, 0, NULL);
+}
+
+static int ovl_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
+{
+	return ovl_create_object(dentry, (mode & 07777) | S_IFDIR, 0, NULL);
+}
+
+static int ovl_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
+		     dev_t rdev)
+{
+	return ovl_create_object(dentry, mode, rdev, NULL);
+}
+
+static int ovl_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+			 const char *link)
+{
+	return ovl_create_object(dentry, S_IFLNK, 0, link);
+}
+
+static int ovl_do_remove(struct dentry *dentry, bool is_dir)
+{
+	int err;
+	enum ovl_path_type type;
+	struct path realpath;
+	struct dentry *upperdir;
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up(dentry->d_parent);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry->d_parent);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
+	if (type != OVL_PATH_LOWER) {
+		err = -ESTALE;
+		if (realpath.dentry->d_parent != upperdir)
+			goto out_d_drop;
+
+		/* FIXME: create whiteout up front and rename to target */
+
+		if (is_dir)
+			err = vfs_rmdir(upperdir->d_inode, realpath.dentry);
+		else
+			err = vfs_unlink(upperdir->d_inode, realpath.dentry);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_d_drop;
+
+		ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry->d_parent);
+	}
+
+	if (type != OVL_PATH_UPPER || ovl_dentry_is_opaque(dentry))
+		err = ovl_whiteout(upperdir, dentry);
+
+	/*
+	 * Keeping this dentry hashed would mean having to release
+	 * upperpath/lowerpath, which could only be done if we are the
+	 * sole user of this dentry.  Too tricky...  Just unhash for
+	 * now.
+	 */
+out_d_drop:
+	d_drop(dentry);
+	mutex_unlock(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int ovl_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return ovl_do_remove(dentry, false);
+}
+
+
+static int ovl_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int err;
+	enum ovl_path_type type;
+
+	type = ovl_path_type(dentry);
+	if (type != OVL_PATH_UPPER) {
+		err = ovl_check_empty_and_clear(dentry, type);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	return ovl_do_remove(dentry, true);
+}
+
+static int ovl_link(struct dentry *old, struct inode *newdir,
+		    struct dentry *new)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dentry *olddentry;
+	struct dentry *newdentry;
+	struct dentry *upperdir;
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up(old);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up(new->d_parent);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(new->d_parent);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	newdentry = ovl_lookup_create(upperdir, new);
+	err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	olddentry = ovl_dentry_upper(old);
+	err = vfs_link(olddentry, upperdir->d_inode, newdentry);
+	if (!err) {
+		if (WARN_ON(!newdentry->d_inode)) {
+			dput(newdentry);
+			err = -ENOENT;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+
+		ovl_dentry_version_inc(new->d_parent);
+		ovl_dentry_update(new, newdentry);
+
+		ihold(old->d_inode);
+		d_instantiate(new, old->d_inode);
+	} else {
+		if (ovl_dentry_is_opaque(new))
+			ovl_whiteout(upperdir, new);
+		dput(newdentry);
+	}
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+out:
+	return err;
+
+}
+
+static int ovl_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *old,
+			struct inode *newdir, struct dentry *new)
+{
+	int err;
+	enum ovl_path_type old_type;
+	enum ovl_path_type new_type;
+	struct dentry *old_upperdir;
+	struct dentry *new_upperdir;
+	struct dentry *olddentry;
+	struct dentry *newdentry;
+	struct dentry *trap;
+	bool old_opaque;
+	bool new_opaque;
+	bool new_create = false;
+	bool is_dir = S_ISDIR(old->d_inode->i_mode);
+
+	/* Don't copy up directory trees */
+	old_type = ovl_path_type(old);
+	if (old_type != OVL_PATH_UPPER && is_dir)
+		return -EXDEV;
+
+	if (new->d_inode) {
+		new_type = ovl_path_type(new);
+
+		if (new_type == OVL_PATH_LOWER && old_type == OVL_PATH_LOWER) {
+			if (ovl_dentry_lower(old)->d_inode ==
+			    ovl_dentry_lower(new)->d_inode)
+				return 0;
+		}
+		if (new_type != OVL_PATH_LOWER && old_type != OVL_PATH_LOWER) {
+			if (ovl_dentry_upper(old)->d_inode ==
+			    ovl_dentry_upper(new)->d_inode)
+				return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (new_type != OVL_PATH_UPPER &&
+		    S_ISDIR(new->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+			err = ovl_check_empty_and_clear(new, new_type);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+	} else {
+		new_type = OVL_PATH_UPPER;
+	}
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up(old);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up(new->d_parent);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	old_upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(old->d_parent);
+	new_upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(new->d_parent);
+
+	trap = lock_rename(new_upperdir, old_upperdir);
+
+	olddentry = ovl_dentry_upper(old);
+	newdentry = ovl_dentry_upper(new);
+	if (newdentry) {
+		dget(newdentry);
+	} else {
+		new_create = true;
+		newdentry = ovl_lookup_create(new_upperdir, new);
+		err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
+			goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	err = -ESTALE;
+	if (olddentry->d_parent != old_upperdir)
+		goto out_dput;
+	if (newdentry->d_parent != new_upperdir)
+		goto out_dput;
+	if (olddentry == trap)
+		goto out_dput;
+	if (newdentry == trap)
+		goto out_dput;
+
+	old_opaque = ovl_dentry_is_opaque(old);
+	new_opaque = ovl_dentry_is_opaque(new) || new_type != OVL_PATH_UPPER;
+
+	if (is_dir && !old_opaque && new_opaque) {
+		err = ovl_set_opaque(olddentry);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_dput;
+	}
+
+	err = vfs_rename(old_upperdir->d_inode, olddentry,
+			 new_upperdir->d_inode, newdentry);
+
+	if (err) {
+		if (new_create && ovl_dentry_is_opaque(new))
+			ovl_whiteout(new_upperdir, new);
+		if (is_dir && !old_opaque && new_opaque)
+			ovl_remove_opaque(olddentry);
+		goto out_dput;
+	}
+
+	if (old_type != OVL_PATH_UPPER || old_opaque)
+		err = ovl_whiteout(old_upperdir, old);
+	if (is_dir && old_opaque && !new_opaque)
+		ovl_remove_opaque(olddentry);
+
+	if (old_opaque != new_opaque)
+		ovl_dentry_set_opaque(old, new_opaque);
+
+	ovl_dentry_version_inc(old->d_parent);
+	ovl_dentry_version_inc(new->d_parent);
+
+out_dput:
+	dput(newdentry);
+out_unlock:
+	unlock_rename(new_upperdir, old_upperdir);
+	return err;
+}
+
+const struct inode_operations ovl_dir_inode_operations = {
+	.lookup		= ovl_lookup,
+	.mkdir		= ovl_mkdir,
+	.symlink	= ovl_symlink,
+	.unlink		= ovl_unlink,
+	.rmdir		= ovl_rmdir,
+	.rename		= ovl_rename,
+	.link		= ovl_link,
+	.setattr	= ovl_setattr,
+	.create		= ovl_create,
+	.mknod		= ovl_mknod,
+	.permission	= ovl_permission,
+	.getattr	= ovl_dir_getattr,
+	.setxattr	= ovl_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= ovl_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ovl_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= ovl_removexattr,
+};
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba1a777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include "overlayfs.h"
+
+int ovl_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+{
+	struct dentry *upperdentry;
+	int err;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) && !ovl_dentry_upper(dentry))
+		err = ovl_copy_up_truncate(dentry, attr->ia_size);
+	else
+		err = ovl_copy_up(dentry);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	upperdentry = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
+
+	if (attr->ia_valid & (ATTR_KILL_SUID|ATTR_KILL_SGID))
+		attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_MODE;
+
+	mutex_lock(&upperdentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	err = notify_change(upperdentry, attr);
+	mutex_unlock(&upperdentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int ovl_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
+			 struct kstat *stat)
+{
+	struct path realpath;
+
+	ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
+	return vfs_getattr(realpath.mnt, realpath.dentry, stat);
+}
+
+int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe;
+	struct dentry *alias = NULL;
+	struct inode *realinode;
+	struct dentry *realdentry;
+	bool is_upper;
+	int err;
+
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+		oe = inode->i_private;
+	} else if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
+		return -ECHILD;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * For non-directories find an alias and get the info
+		 * from there.
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		if (WARN_ON(list_empty(&inode->i_dentry))) {
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
+		alias = list_entry(inode->i_dentry.next,
+				   struct dentry, d_alias);
+		dget(alias);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		oe = alias->d_fsdata;
+	}
+
+	realdentry = ovl_entry_real(oe, &is_upper);
+
+	/* Careful in RCU walk mode */
+	realinode = ACCESS_ONCE(realdentry->d_inode);
+	if (!realinode) {
+		WARN_ON(!(mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK));
+		err = -ENOENT;
+		goto out_dput;
+	}
+
+	if (mask & MAY_WRITE) {
+		umode_t mode = realinode->i_mode;
+
+		/*
+		 * Writes will always be redirected to upper layer, so
+		 * ignore lower layer being read-only.
+		 *
+		 * If the overlay itself is read-only then proceed
+		 * with the permission check, don't return EROFS.
+		 * This will only happen if this is the lower layer of
+		 * another overlayfs.
+		 *
+		 * If upper fs becomes read-only after the overlay was
+		 * constructed return EROFS to prevent modification of
+		 * upper layer.
+		 */
+		err = -EROFS;
+		if (is_upper && !IS_RDONLY(inode) && IS_RDONLY(realinode) &&
+		    (S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)))
+			goto out_dput;
+
+		/*
+		 * Nobody gets write access to an immutable file.
+		 */
+		err = -EACCES;
+		if (IS_IMMUTABLE(realinode))
+			goto out_dput;
+	}
+
+	if (realinode->i_op->permission)
+		err = realinode->i_op->permission(realinode, mask);
+	else
+		err = generic_permission(realinode, mask);
+out_dput:
+	dput(alias);
+	return err;
+}
+
+
+struct ovl_link_data {
+	struct dentry *realdentry;
+	void *cookie;
+};
+
+static void *ovl_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	void *ret;
+	struct dentry *realdentry;
+	struct inode *realinode;
+
+	realdentry = ovl_dentry_real(dentry);
+	realinode = realdentry->d_inode;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!realinode->i_op->follow_link))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+
+	ret = realinode->i_op->follow_link(realdentry, nd);
+	if (IS_ERR(ret))
+		return ret;
+
+	if (realinode->i_op->put_link) {
+		struct ovl_link_data *data;
+
+		data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ovl_link_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!data) {
+			realinode->i_op->put_link(realdentry, nd, ret);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		}
+		data->realdentry = realdentry;
+		data->cookie = ret;
+
+		return data;
+	} else {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void ovl_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *c)
+{
+	struct inode *realinode;
+	struct ovl_link_data *data = c;
+
+	if (!data)
+		return;
+
+	realinode = data->realdentry->d_inode;
+	realinode->i_op->put_link(data->realdentry, nd, data->cookie);
+	kfree(data);
+}
+
+static int ovl_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buf, int bufsiz)
+{
+	struct path realpath;
+	struct inode *realinode;
+
+	ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
+	realinode = realpath.dentry->d_inode;
+
+	if (!realinode->i_op->readlink)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	touch_atime(realpath.mnt, realpath.dentry);
+
+	return realinode->i_op->readlink(realpath.dentry, buf, bufsiz);
+}
+
+
+static bool ovl_is_private_xattr(const char *name)
+{
+	return strncmp(name, "trusted.overlay.", 14) == 0;
+}
+
+int ovl_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		 const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dentry *upperdentry;
+
+	if (ovl_is_private_xattr(name))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	err = ovl_copy_up(dentry);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	upperdentry = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
+	return  vfs_setxattr(upperdentry, name, value, size, flags);
+}
+
+ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		     void *value, size_t size)
+{
+	if (ovl_path_type(dentry->d_parent) == OVL_PATH_MERGE &&
+	    ovl_is_private_xattr(name))
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	return vfs_getxattr(ovl_dentry_real(dentry), name, value, size);
+}
+
+ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size)
+{
+	ssize_t res;
+	int off;
+
+	res = vfs_listxattr(ovl_dentry_real(dentry), list, size);
+	if (res <= 0 || size == 0)
+		return res;
+
+	if (ovl_path_type(dentry->d_parent) != OVL_PATH_MERGE)
+		return res;
+
+	/* filter out private xattrs */
+	for (off = 0; off < res;) {
+		char *s = list + off;
+		size_t slen = strlen(s) + 1;
+
+		BUG_ON(off + slen > res);
+
+		if (ovl_is_private_xattr(s)) {
+			res -= slen;
+			memmove(s, s + slen, res - off);
+		} else {
+			off += slen;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+int ovl_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct path realpath;
+	enum ovl_path_type type;
+
+	if (ovl_path_type(dentry->d_parent) == OVL_PATH_MERGE &&
+	    ovl_is_private_xattr(name))
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
+	if (type == OVL_PATH_LOWER) {
+		err = vfs_getxattr(realpath.dentry, name, NULL, 0);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+
+		err = ovl_copy_up(dentry);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		ovl_path_upper(dentry, &realpath);
+	}
+
+	return vfs_removexattr(realpath.dentry, name);
+}
+
+static bool ovl_open_need_copy_up(int flags, enum ovl_path_type type,
+				  struct dentry *realdentry)
+{
+	if (type != OVL_PATH_LOWER)
+		return false;
+
+	if (special_file(realdentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!(OPEN_FMODE(flags) & FMODE_WRITE) && !(flags & O_TRUNC))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static struct file *ovl_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct file *file,
+			     const struct cred *cred)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct path realpath;
+	enum ovl_path_type type;
+
+	type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
+	if (ovl_open_need_copy_up(file->f_flags, type, realpath.dentry)) {
+		if (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)
+			err = ovl_copy_up_truncate(dentry, 0);
+		else
+			err = ovl_copy_up(dentry);
+		if (err)
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+		ovl_path_upper(dentry, &realpath);
+	}
+
+	return vfs_open(&realpath, file, cred);
+}
+
+static const struct inode_operations ovl_file_inode_operations = {
+	.setattr	= ovl_setattr,
+	.permission	= ovl_permission,
+	.getattr	= ovl_getattr,
+	.setxattr	= ovl_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= ovl_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ovl_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= ovl_removexattr,
+	.open		= ovl_open,
+};
+
+static const struct inode_operations ovl_symlink_inode_operations = {
+	.setattr	= ovl_setattr,
+	.follow_link	= ovl_follow_link,
+	.put_link	= ovl_put_link,
+	.readlink	= ovl_readlink,
+	.getattr	= ovl_getattr,
+	.setxattr	= ovl_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= ovl_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ovl_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= ovl_removexattr,
+};
+
+struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode,
+			    struct ovl_entry *oe)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	inode = new_inode(sb);
+	if (!inode)
+		return NULL;
+
+	mode &= S_IFMT;
+
+	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
+	inode->i_mode = mode;
+	inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
+
+	switch (mode) {
+	case S_IFDIR:
+		inode->i_private = oe;
+		inode->i_op = &ovl_dir_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_fop = &ovl_dir_operations;
+		break;
+
+	case S_IFLNK:
+		inode->i_op = &ovl_symlink_inode_operations;
+		break;
+
+	case S_IFREG:
+	case S_IFSOCK:
+	case S_IFBLK:
+	case S_IFCHR:
+	case S_IFIFO:
+		inode->i_op = &ovl_file_inode_operations;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		WARN(1, "illegal file type: %i\n", mode);
+		inode = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return inode;
+
+}
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd05f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+struct ovl_entry;
+
+enum ovl_path_type {
+	OVL_PATH_UPPER,
+	OVL_PATH_MERGE,
+	OVL_PATH_LOWER,
+};
+
+extern const char *ovl_opaque_xattr;
+extern const char *ovl_whiteout_xattr;
+extern const struct dentry_operations ovl_dentry_operations;
+
+enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_type(struct dentry *dentry);
+u64 ovl_dentry_version_get(struct dentry *dentry);
+void ovl_dentry_version_inc(struct dentry *dentry);
+void ovl_path_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
+void ovl_path_lower(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
+enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_real(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_upper(struct dentry *dentry);
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lower(struct dentry *dentry);
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_real(struct dentry *dentry);
+struct dentry *ovl_entry_real(struct ovl_entry *oe, bool *is_upper);
+bool ovl_dentry_is_opaque(struct dentry *dentry);
+void ovl_dentry_set_opaque(struct dentry *dentry, bool opaque);
+bool ovl_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry);
+void ovl_dentry_update(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry);
+struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+			  struct nameidata *nd);
+struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags);
+
+struct dentry *ovl_upper_create(struct dentry *upperdir, struct dentry *dentry,
+				struct kstat *stat, const char *link);
+
+/* readdir.c */
+extern const struct file_operations ovl_dir_operations;
+int ovl_check_empty_and_clear(struct dentry *dentry, enum ovl_path_type type);
+
+/* inode.c */
+int ovl_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
+int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int ovl_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		 const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
+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_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode,
+			    struct ovl_entry *oe);
+/* dir.c */
+extern const struct inode_operations ovl_dir_inode_operations;
+
+/* copy_up.c */
+int ovl_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry);
+int ovl_copy_up_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t size);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed8fbad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -0,0 +1,565 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <linux/rbtree.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include "overlayfs.h"
+
+struct ovl_cache_entry {
+	const char *name;
+	unsigned int len;
+	unsigned int type;
+	u64 ino;
+	bool is_whiteout;
+	struct list_head l_node;
+	struct rb_node node;
+};
+
+struct ovl_readdir_data {
+	struct rb_root *root;
+	struct list_head *list;
+	struct list_head *middle;
+	struct dentry *dir;
+	int count;
+	int err;
+};
+
+struct ovl_dir_file {
+	bool is_real;
+	bool is_cached;
+	struct list_head cursor;
+	u64 cache_version;
+	struct list_head cache;
+	struct file *realfile;
+};
+
+static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_from_node(struct rb_node *n)
+{
+	return container_of(n, struct ovl_cache_entry, node);
+}
+
+static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_find(struct rb_root *root,
+						    const char *name, int len)
+{
+	struct rb_node *node = root->rb_node;
+	int cmp;
+
+	while (node) {
+		struct ovl_cache_entry *p = ovl_cache_entry_from_node(node);
+
+		cmp = strncmp(name, p->name, len);
+		if (cmp > 0)
+			node = p->node.rb_right;
+		else if (cmp < 0 || len < p->len)
+			node = p->node.rb_left;
+		else
+			return p;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_new(const char *name, int len,
+						   u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
+{
+	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
+
+	p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p) + len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (p) {
+		char *name_copy = (char *) (p + 1);
+		memcpy(name_copy, name, len);
+		name_copy[len] = '\0';
+		p->name = name_copy;
+		p->len = len;
+		p->type = d_type;
+		p->ino = ino;
+		p->is_whiteout = false;
+	}
+
+	return p;
+}
+
+static int ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
+				  const char *name, int len, u64 ino,
+				  unsigned int d_type)
+{
+	struct rb_node **newp = &rdd->root->rb_node;
+	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
+	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
+
+	while (*newp) {
+		int cmp;
+		struct ovl_cache_entry *tmp;
+
+		parent = *newp;
+		tmp = ovl_cache_entry_from_node(*newp);
+		cmp = strncmp(name, tmp->name, len);
+		if (cmp > 0)
+			newp = &tmp->node.rb_right;
+		else if (cmp < 0 || len < tmp->len)
+			newp = &tmp->node.rb_left;
+		else
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	p = ovl_cache_entry_new(name, len, ino, d_type);
+	if (p == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	list_add_tail(&p->l_node, rdd->list);
+	rb_link_node(&p->node, parent, newp);
+	rb_insert_color(&p->node, rdd->root);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ovl_fill_lower(void *buf, const char *name, int namelen,
+			    loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
+{
+	struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd = buf;
+	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
+
+	rdd->count++;
+	p = ovl_cache_entry_find(rdd->root, name, namelen);
+	if (p) {
+		list_move_tail(&p->l_node, rdd->middle);
+	} else {
+		p = ovl_cache_entry_new(name, namelen, ino, d_type);
+		if (p == NULL)
+			rdd->err = -ENOMEM;
+		else
+			list_add_tail(&p->l_node, rdd->middle);
+	}
+
+	return rdd->err;
+}
+
+static void ovl_cache_free(struct list_head *list)
+{
+	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
+	struct ovl_cache_entry *n;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, list, l_node)
+		kfree(p);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
+}
+
+static int ovl_fill_upper(void *buf, const char *name, int namelen,
+			  loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
+{
+	struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd = buf;
+
+	rdd->count++;
+	return ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(rdd, name, namelen, ino, d_type);
+}
+
+static inline int ovl_dir_read(struct path *realpath,
+			       struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd, filldir_t filler)
+{
+	struct file *realfile;
+	int err;
+
+	realfile = ovl_path_open(realpath, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
+	if (IS_ERR(realfile))
+		return PTR_ERR(realfile);
+
+	do {
+		rdd->count = 0;
+		rdd->err = 0;
+		err = vfs_readdir(realfile, filler, rdd);
+		if (err >= 0)
+			err = rdd->err;
+	} while (!err && rdd->count);
+	fput(realfile);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void ovl_dir_reset(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct ovl_dir_file *od = file->private_data;
+	enum ovl_path_type type = ovl_path_type(file->f_path.dentry);
+
+	if (ovl_dentry_version_get(file->f_path.dentry) != od->cache_version) {
+		list_del_init(&od->cursor);
+		ovl_cache_free(&od->cache);
+		od->is_cached = false;
+	}
+	WARN_ON(!od->is_real && type != OVL_PATH_MERGE);
+	if (od->is_real && type == OVL_PATH_MERGE) {
+		fput(od->realfile);
+		od->realfile = NULL;
+		od->is_real = false;
+	}
+}
+
+static int ovl_dir_mark_whiteouts(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd)
+{
+	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct cred *override_cred;
+
+	override_cred = prepare_creds();
+	if (!override_cred) {
+		ovl_cache_free(rdd->list);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * CAP_SYS_ADMIN for getxattr
+	 * CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE for lookup
+	 */
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE);
+	old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
+
+	mutex_lock(&rdd->dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(p, rdd->list, l_node) {
+		if (p->type != DT_LNK)
+			continue;
+
+		dentry = lookup_one_len(p->name, rdd->dir, p->len);
+		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+			continue;
+
+		p->is_whiteout = ovl_is_whiteout(dentry);
+		dput(dentry);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&rdd->dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	put_cred(override_cred);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int ovl_dir_read_merged(struct path *upperpath,
+				      struct path *lowerpath,
+				      struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct rb_root root = RB_ROOT;
+	struct list_head middle;
+
+	rdd->root = &root;
+	if (upperpath->dentry) {
+		rdd->dir = upperpath->dentry;
+		err = ovl_dir_read(upperpath, rdd, ovl_fill_upper);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+
+		err = ovl_dir_mark_whiteouts(rdd);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Insert lowerpath entries before upperpath ones, this allows
+	 * offsets to be reasonably constant
+	 */
+	list_add(&middle, rdd->list);
+	rdd->middle = &middle;
+	err = ovl_dir_read(lowerpath, rdd, ovl_fill_lower);
+	list_del(&middle);
+out:
+	rdd->root = NULL;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void ovl_seek_cursor(struct ovl_dir_file *od, loff_t pos)
+{
+	struct list_head *l;
+	loff_t off;
+
+	l = od->cache.next;
+	for (off = 0; off < pos; off++) {
+		if (l == &od->cache)
+			break;
+		l = l->next;
+	}
+	list_move_tail(&od->cursor, l);
+}
+
+static int ovl_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filler)
+{
+	struct ovl_dir_file *od = file->private_data;
+	int res;
+
+	if (!file->f_pos)
+		ovl_dir_reset(file);
+
+	if (od->is_real) {
+		res = vfs_readdir(od->realfile, filler, buf);
+		file->f_pos = od->realfile->f_pos;
+
+		return res;
+	}
+
+	if (!od->is_cached) {
+		struct path lowerpath;
+		struct path upperpath;
+		struct ovl_readdir_data rdd = { .list = &od->cache };
+
+		ovl_path_lower(file->f_path.dentry, &lowerpath);
+		ovl_path_upper(file->f_path.dentry, &upperpath);
+
+		res = ovl_dir_read_merged(&upperpath, &lowerpath, &rdd);
+		if (res) {
+			ovl_cache_free(rdd.list);
+			return res;
+		}
+
+		od->cache_version = ovl_dentry_version_get(file->f_path.dentry);
+		od->is_cached = true;
+
+		ovl_seek_cursor(od, file->f_pos);
+	}
+
+	while (od->cursor.next != &od->cache) {
+		int over;
+		loff_t off;
+		struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
+
+		p = list_entry(od->cursor.next, struct ovl_cache_entry, l_node);
+		off = file->f_pos;
+		if (!p->is_whiteout) {
+			over = filler(buf, p->name, p->len, off, p->ino,
+				      p->type);
+			if (over)
+				break;
+		}
+		file->f_pos++;
+		list_move(&od->cursor, &p->l_node);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static loff_t ovl_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+{
+	loff_t res;
+	struct ovl_dir_file *od = file->private_data;
+
+	mutex_lock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	if (!file->f_pos)
+		ovl_dir_reset(file);
+
+	if (od->is_real) {
+		res = vfs_llseek(od->realfile, offset, origin);
+		file->f_pos = od->realfile->f_pos;
+	} else {
+		res = -EINVAL;
+
+		switch (origin) {
+		case SEEK_CUR:
+			offset += file->f_pos;
+			break;
+		case SEEK_SET:
+			break;
+		default:
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+		if (offset < 0)
+			goto out_unlock;
+
+		if (offset != file->f_pos) {
+			file->f_pos = offset;
+			if (od->is_cached)
+				ovl_seek_cursor(od, offset);
+		}
+		res = offset;
+	}
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+static int ovl_dir_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+			 int datasync)
+{
+	struct ovl_dir_file *od = file->private_data;
+
+	/* May need to reopen directory if it got copied up */
+	if (!od->realfile) {
+		struct path upperpath;
+
+		ovl_path_upper(file->f_path.dentry, &upperpath);
+		od->realfile = ovl_path_open(&upperpath, O_RDONLY);
+		if (IS_ERR(od->realfile))
+			return PTR_ERR(od->realfile);
+	}
+
+	return vfs_fsync_range(od->realfile, start, end, datasync);
+}
+
+static int ovl_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct ovl_dir_file *od = file->private_data;
+
+	list_del(&od->cursor);
+	ovl_cache_free(&od->cache);
+	if (od->realfile)
+		fput(od->realfile);
+	kfree(od);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ovl_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct path realpath;
+	struct file *realfile;
+	struct ovl_dir_file *od;
+	enum ovl_path_type type;
+
+	od = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ovl_dir_file), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!od)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	type = ovl_path_real(file->f_path.dentry, &realpath);
+	realfile = ovl_path_open(&realpath, file->f_flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(realfile)) {
+		kfree(od);
+		return PTR_ERR(realfile);
+	}
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&od->cache);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&od->cursor);
+	od->is_cached = false;
+	od->realfile = realfile;
+	od->is_real = (type != OVL_PATH_MERGE);
+	file->private_data = od;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const struct file_operations ovl_dir_operations = {
+	.read		= generic_read_dir,
+	.open		= ovl_dir_open,
+	.readdir	= ovl_readdir,
+	.llseek		= ovl_dir_llseek,
+	.fsync		= ovl_dir_fsync,
+	.release	= ovl_dir_release,
+};
+
+static int ovl_check_empty_dir(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct path lowerpath;
+	struct path upperpath;
+	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
+	struct ovl_readdir_data rdd = { .list = list };
+
+	ovl_path_upper(dentry, &upperpath);
+	ovl_path_lower(dentry, &lowerpath);
+
+	err = ovl_dir_read_merged(&upperpath, &lowerpath, &rdd);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(p, list, l_node) {
+		if (p->is_whiteout)
+			continue;
+
+		if (p->name[0] == '.') {
+			if (p->len == 1)
+				continue;
+			if (p->len == 2 && p->name[1] == '.')
+				continue;
+		}
+		err = -ENOTEMPTY;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int ovl_remove_whiteouts(struct dentry *dir, struct list_head *list)
+{
+	struct path upperpath;
+	struct dentry *upperdir;
+	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct cred *override_cred;
+	int err;
+
+	ovl_path_upper(dir, &upperpath);
+	upperdir = upperpath.dentry;
+
+	override_cred = prepare_creds();
+	if (!override_cred)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/*
+	 * CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE for lookup and unlink
+	 * CAP_SYS_ADMIN for setxattr of "trusted" namespace
+	 * CAP_FOWNER for unlink in sticky directory
+	 */
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+	cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_FOWNER);
+	old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
+
+	err = vfs_setxattr(upperdir, ovl_opaque_xattr, "y", 1, 0);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_revert_creds;
+
+	mutex_lock_nested(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	list_for_each_entry(p, list, l_node) {
+		struct dentry *dentry;
+		int ret;
+
+		if (!p->is_whiteout)
+			continue;
+
+		dentry = lookup_one_len(p->name, upperdir, p->len);
+		if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			    "overlayfs: failed to lookup whiteout %.*s: %li\n",
+			    p->len, p->name, PTR_ERR(dentry));
+			continue;
+		}
+		ret = vfs_unlink(upperdir->d_inode, dentry);
+		dput(dentry);
+		if (ret)
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			    "overlayfs: failed to unlink whiteout %.*s: %i\n",
+			    p->len, p->name, ret);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&upperdir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+out_revert_creds:
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	put_cred(override_cred);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+int ovl_check_empty_and_clear(struct dentry *dentry, enum ovl_path_type type)
+{
+	int err;
+	LIST_HEAD(list);
+
+	err = ovl_check_empty_dir(dentry, &list);
+	if (!err && type == OVL_PATH_MERGE)
+		err = ovl_remove_whiteouts(dentry, &list);
+
+	ovl_cache_free(&list);
+
+	return err;
+}
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18042cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -0,0 +1,611 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/parser.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include "overlayfs.h"
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Overlay filesystem");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+struct ovl_fs {
+	struct vfsmount *upper_mnt;
+	struct vfsmount *lower_mnt;
+};
+
+struct ovl_entry {
+	/*
+	 * Keep "double reference" on upper dentries, so that
+	 * d_delete() doesn't think it's OK to reset d_inode to NULL.
+	 */
+	struct dentry *__upperdentry;
+	struct dentry *lowerdentry;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			u64 version;
+			bool opaque;
+		};
+		struct rcu_head rcu;
+	};
+};
+
+const char *ovl_whiteout_xattr = "trusted.overlay.whiteout";
+const char *ovl_opaque_xattr = "trusted.overlay.opaque";
+
+
+enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_type(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	if (oe->__upperdentry) {
+		if (oe->lowerdentry && S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+			return OVL_PATH_MERGE;
+		else
+			return OVL_PATH_UPPER;
+	} else {
+		return OVL_PATH_LOWER;
+	}
+}
+
+static struct dentry *ovl_upperdentry_dereference(struct ovl_entry *oe)
+{
+	struct dentry *upperdentry = ACCESS_ONCE(oe->__upperdentry);
+	smp_read_barrier_depends();
+	return upperdentry;
+}
+
+void ovl_path_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	path->mnt = ofs->upper_mnt;
+	path->dentry = ovl_upperdentry_dereference(oe);
+}
+
+void ovl_path_lower(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	path->mnt = ofs->lower_mnt;
+	path->dentry = oe->lowerdentry;
+}
+
+enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_real(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
+{
+
+	enum ovl_path_type type = ovl_path_type(dentry);
+
+	if (type == OVL_PATH_LOWER)
+		ovl_path_lower(dentry, path);
+	else
+		ovl_path_upper(dentry, path);
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_upper(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	return ovl_upperdentry_dereference(oe);
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lower(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	return oe->lowerdentry;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_dentry_real(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct dentry *realdentry;
+
+	realdentry = ovl_upperdentry_dereference(oe);
+	if (!realdentry)
+		realdentry = oe->lowerdentry;
+
+	return realdentry;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_entry_real(struct ovl_entry *oe, bool *is_upper)
+{
+	struct dentry *realdentry;
+
+	realdentry = ovl_upperdentry_dereference(oe);
+	if (realdentry) {
+		*is_upper = true;
+	} else {
+		realdentry = oe->lowerdentry;
+		*is_upper = false;
+	}
+	return realdentry;
+}
+
+bool ovl_dentry_is_opaque(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	return oe->opaque;
+}
+
+void ovl_dentry_set_opaque(struct dentry *dentry, bool opaque)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	oe->opaque = opaque;
+}
+
+void ovl_dentry_update(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&upperdentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_mutex));
+	WARN_ON(oe->__upperdentry);
+	BUG_ON(!upperdentry->d_inode);
+	smp_wmb();
+	oe->__upperdentry = dget(upperdentry);
+}
+
+void ovl_dentry_version_inc(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex));
+	oe->version++;
+}
+
+u64 ovl_dentry_version_get(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex));
+	return oe->version;
+}
+
+bool ovl_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int res;
+	char val;
+
+	if (!dentry)
+		return false;
+	if (!dentry->d_inode)
+		return false;
+	if (!S_ISLNK(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		return false;
+
+	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, ovl_whiteout_xattr, &val, 1);
+	if (res == 1 && val == 'y')
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool ovl_is_opaquedir(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int res;
+	char val;
+
+	if (!S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		return false;
+
+	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, ovl_opaque_xattr, &val, 1);
+	if (res == 1 && val == 'y')
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void ovl_entry_free(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = container_of(head, struct ovl_entry, rcu);
+	kfree(oe);
+}
+
+static void ovl_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	if (oe) {
+		dput(oe->__upperdentry);
+		dput(oe->__upperdentry);
+		dput(oe->lowerdentry);
+		call_rcu(&oe->rcu, ovl_entry_free);
+	}
+}
+
+const struct dentry_operations ovl_dentry_operations = {
+	.d_release = ovl_dentry_release,
+};
+
+static struct ovl_entry *ovl_alloc_entry(void)
+{
+	return kzalloc(sizeof(struct ovl_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
+static inline struct dentry *ovl_lookup_real(struct dentry *dir,
+					     struct qstr *name)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	dentry = lookup_one_len(name->name, dir, name->len);
+	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(dentry) == -ENOENT)
+			dentry = NULL;
+	} else if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+		dput(dentry);
+		dentry = NULL;
+	}
+	return dentry;
+}
+
+static int ovl_do_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe;
+	struct dentry *upperdir;
+	struct dentry *lowerdir;
+	struct dentry *upperdentry = NULL;
+	struct dentry *lowerdentry = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	int err;
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	oe = ovl_alloc_entry();
+	if (!oe)
+		goto out;
+
+	upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry->d_parent);
+	lowerdir = ovl_dentry_lower(dentry->d_parent);
+
+	if (upperdir) {
+		upperdentry = ovl_lookup_real(upperdir, &dentry->d_name);
+		err = PTR_ERR(upperdentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(upperdentry))
+			goto out_put_dir;
+
+		if (lowerdir && upperdentry &&
+		    (S_ISLNK(upperdentry->d_inode->i_mode) ||
+		     S_ISDIR(upperdentry->d_inode->i_mode))) {
+			const struct cred *old_cred;
+			struct cred *override_cred;
+
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			override_cred = prepare_creds();
+			if (!override_cred)
+				goto out_dput_upper;
+
+			/* CAP_SYS_ADMIN needed for getxattr */
+			cap_raise(override_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+			old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
+
+			if (ovl_is_opaquedir(upperdentry)) {
+				oe->opaque = true;
+			} else if (ovl_is_whiteout(upperdentry)) {
+				dput(upperdentry);
+				upperdentry = NULL;
+				oe->opaque = true;
+			}
+			revert_creds(old_cred);
+			put_cred(override_cred);
+		}
+	}
+	if (lowerdir && !oe->opaque) {
+		lowerdentry = ovl_lookup_real(lowerdir, &dentry->d_name);
+		err = PTR_ERR(lowerdentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(lowerdentry))
+			goto out_dput_upper;
+	}
+
+	if (lowerdentry && upperdentry &&
+	    (!S_ISDIR(upperdentry->d_inode->i_mode) ||
+	     !S_ISDIR(lowerdentry->d_inode->i_mode))) {
+		dput(lowerdentry);
+		lowerdentry = NULL;
+		oe->opaque = true;
+	}
+
+	if (lowerdentry || upperdentry) {
+		struct dentry *realdentry;
+
+		realdentry = upperdentry ? upperdentry : lowerdentry;
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		inode = ovl_new_inode(dentry->d_sb, realdentry->d_inode->i_mode,
+				      oe);
+		if (!inode)
+			goto out_dput;
+	}
+
+	if (upperdentry)
+		oe->__upperdentry = dget(upperdentry);
+
+	if (lowerdentry)
+		oe->lowerdentry = lowerdentry;
+
+	dentry->d_fsdata = oe;
+	dentry->d_op = &ovl_dentry_operations;
+	d_add(dentry, inode);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_dput:
+	dput(lowerdentry);
+out_dput_upper:
+	dput(upperdentry);
+out_put_dir:
+	kfree(oe);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+			  struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	int err = ovl_do_lookup(dentry);
+
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags)
+{
+	path_get(path);
+	return dentry_open(path->dentry, path->mnt, flags, current_cred());
+}
+
+static void ovl_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ufs = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+		mnt_drop_write(ufs->upper_mnt);
+
+	mntput(ufs->upper_mnt);
+	mntput(ufs->lower_mnt);
+
+	kfree(ufs);
+}
+
+static int ovl_remount_fs(struct super_block *sb, int *flagsp, char *data)
+{
+	int flags = *flagsp;
+	struct ovl_fs *ufs = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	/* When remounting rw or ro, we need to adjust the write access to the
+	 * upper fs.
+	 */
+	if (((flags ^ sb->s_flags) & MS_RDONLY) == 0)
+		/* No change to readonly status */
+		return 0;
+
+	if (flags & MS_RDONLY) {
+		mnt_drop_write(ufs->upper_mnt);
+		return 0;
+	} else
+		return mnt_want_write(ufs->upper_mnt);
+}
+
+static const struct super_operations ovl_super_operations = {
+	.put_super	= ovl_put_super,
+	.remount_fs	= ovl_remount_fs,
+};
+
+struct ovl_config {
+	char *lowerdir;
+	char *upperdir;
+};
+
+enum {
+	Opt_lowerdir,
+	Opt_upperdir,
+	Opt_err,
+};
+
+static const match_table_t ovl_tokens = {
+	{Opt_lowerdir,			"lowerdir=%s"},
+	{Opt_upperdir,			"upperdir=%s"},
+	{Opt_err,			NULL}
+};
+
+static int ovl_parse_opt(char *opt, struct ovl_config *config)
+{
+	char *p;
+
+	config->upperdir = NULL;
+	config->lowerdir = NULL;
+
+	while ((p = strsep(&opt, ",")) != NULL) {
+		int token;
+		substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
+
+		if (!*p)
+			continue;
+
+		token = match_token(p, ovl_tokens, args);
+		switch (token) {
+		case Opt_upperdir:
+			kfree(config->upperdir);
+			config->upperdir = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!config->upperdir)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+
+		case Opt_lowerdir:
+			kfree(config->lowerdir);
+			config->lowerdir = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!config->lowerdir)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
+{
+	struct path lowerpath;
+	struct path upperpath;
+	struct inode *root_inode;
+	struct dentry *root_dentry;
+	struct ovl_entry *oe;
+	struct ovl_fs *ufs;
+	struct ovl_config config;
+	int err;
+
+	err = ovl_parse_opt((char *) data, &config);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	err = -EINVAL;
+	if (!config.upperdir || !config.lowerdir) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "overlayfs: missing upperdir or lowerdir\n");
+		goto out_free_config;
+	}
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	ufs = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ovl_fs), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ufs)
+		goto out_free_config;
+
+	oe = ovl_alloc_entry();
+	if (oe == NULL)
+		goto out_free_ufs;
+
+	root_inode = ovl_new_inode(sb, S_IFDIR, oe);
+	if (!root_inode)
+		goto out_free_oe;
+
+	err = kern_path(config.upperdir, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &upperpath);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_put_root;
+
+	err = kern_path(config.lowerdir, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &lowerpath);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_put_upperpath;
+
+	err = -ENOTDIR;
+	if (!S_ISDIR(upperpath.dentry->d_inode->i_mode) ||
+	    !S_ISDIR(lowerpath.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		goto out_put_lowerpath;
+
+	ufs->upper_mnt = clone_private_mount(&upperpath);
+	err = PTR_ERR(ufs->upper_mnt);
+	if (IS_ERR(ufs->upper_mnt)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "overlayfs: failed to clone upperpath\n");
+		goto out_put_lowerpath;
+	}
+
+	ufs->lower_mnt = clone_private_mount(&lowerpath);
+	err = PTR_ERR(ufs->lower_mnt);
+	if (IS_ERR(ufs->lower_mnt)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "overlayfs: failed to clone lowerpath\n");
+		goto out_put_upper_mnt;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Make lower_mnt R/O.  That way fchmod/fchown on lower file
+	 * will fail instead of modifying lower fs.
+	 */
+	ufs->lower_mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY;
+
+	/* If the upper fs is r/o, we mark overlayfs r/o too */
+	if (ufs->upper_mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
+
+	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		err = mnt_want_write(ufs->upper_mnt);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_put_lower_mnt;
+	}
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	root_dentry = d_alloc_root(root_inode);
+	if (!root_dentry)
+		goto out_drop_write;
+
+	mntput(upperpath.mnt);
+	mntput(lowerpath.mnt);
+
+	oe->__upperdentry = dget(upperpath.dentry);
+	oe->lowerdentry = lowerpath.dentry;
+
+	root_dentry->d_fsdata = oe;
+	root_dentry->d_op = &ovl_dentry_operations;
+
+	sb->s_op = &ovl_super_operations;
+	sb->s_root = root_dentry;
+	sb->s_fs_info = ufs;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_drop_write:
+	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+		mnt_drop_write(ufs->upper_mnt);
+out_put_lower_mnt:
+	mntput(ufs->lower_mnt);
+out_put_upper_mnt:
+	mntput(ufs->upper_mnt);
+out_put_lowerpath:
+	path_put(&lowerpath);
+out_put_upperpath:
+	path_put(&upperpath);
+out_put_root:
+	iput(root_inode);
+out_free_oe:
+	kfree(oe);
+out_free_ufs:
+	kfree(ufs);
+out_free_config:
+	kfree(config.lowerdir);
+	kfree(config.upperdir);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static struct dentry *ovl_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
+				const char *dev_name, void *raw_data)
+{
+	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, raw_data, ovl_fill_super);
+}
+
+static struct file_system_type ovl_fs_type = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.name		= "overlayfs",
+	.mount		= ovl_mount,
+	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
+};
+
+static int __init ovl_init(void)
+{
+	return register_filesystem(&ovl_fs_type);
+}
+
+static void __exit ovl_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_filesystem(&ovl_fs_type);
+}
+
+module_init(ovl_init);
+module_exit(ovl_exit);
