From cf809556149f076b7a020c10e066b2b96e79b6a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trond Myklebust Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:12:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] NFS: Ensure that nfs_link() instantiates the dentry correctly Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index ce8f77dadff9..8272ed3fc707 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -1432,17 +1432,14 @@ nfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) old_dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, old_dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name); - /* - * Drop the dentry in advance to force a new lookup. - * Since nfs_proc_link doesn't return a file handle, - * we can't use the existing dentry. - */ lock_kernel(); - d_drop(dentry); - nfs_begin_data_update(dir); nfs_begin_data_update(inode); error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->link(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name); + if (error == 0) { + atomic_inc(&inode->i_count); + d_instantiate(dentry, inode); + } nfs_end_data_update(inode); nfs_end_data_update(dir); unlock_kernel(); -- 2.30.2