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author | Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org> | 2011-03-28 20:44:26 +0400 |
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committer | Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org> | 2011-03-28 20:44:26 +0400 |
commit | 99bdc3880c611c7f2061fbd5372ef81b40217e26 (patch) | |
tree | ef68a53e28e9ee53ce9db3642bab5fa5b3d44866 /fs/ubifs | |
parent | ed59992e8d91b70053c53d846a76f7e1ac000454 (diff) | |
parent | b4e1b7e88b2c87c358c2a88bec0c76d25accc604 (diff) | |
download | linux-99bdc3880c611c7f2061fbd5372ef81b40217e26.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'mlog_replace_for_39' of git://repo.or.cz/taoma-kernel into ocfs2-merge-window-fix
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ubifs')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/ubifs/dir.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c index 14f64b689d7f..7217d67a80a6 100644 --- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c +++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c @@ -522,24 +522,6 @@ static int ubifs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&dir->i_mutex)); ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex)); - /* - * Return -ENOENT if we've raced with unlink and i_nlink is 0. Doing - * otherwise has the potential to corrupt the orphan inode list. - * - * Indeed, consider a scenario when 'vfs_link(dirA/fileA)' and - * 'vfs_unlink(dirA/fileA, dirB/fileB)' race. 'vfs_link()' does not - * lock 'dirA->i_mutex', so this is possible. Both of the functions - * lock 'fileA->i_mutex' though. Suppose 'vfs_unlink()' wins, and takes - * 'fileA->i_mutex' mutex first. Suppose 'fileA->i_nlink' is 1. In this - * case 'ubifs_unlink()' will drop the last reference, and put 'inodeA' - * to the list of orphans. After this, 'vfs_link()' will link - * 'dirB/fileB' to 'inodeA'. This is a problem because, for example, - * the subsequent 'vfs_unlink(dirB/fileB)' will add the same inode - * to the list of orphans. - */ - if (inode->i_nlink == 0) - return -ENOENT; - err = dbg_check_synced_i_size(inode); if (err) return err; |