1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index fe1241dd331..1cba38ff39a 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ 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);
+static inline void ovl_copyattr(struct inode *from, struct inode *to)
+{
+	to->i_uid = from->i_uid;
+	to->i_gid = from->i_gid;
+}
+
 /* dir.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations ovl_dir_inode_operations;