bug in get_new_inode()

V. Ganesh (ganesh@veritas.com)
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:09:42 -0700 (PDT)

hi,
2.3.24 and a few older kernels have a bug in get_new_inode()
in fs/inode.c. if we find the inode in the cache [old = find_inode(..)]
we should __iget(old) rather than __iget(inode).

ganesh

--- linux/fs/inode.c.ORG Thu Oct 28 14:44:09 1999
+++ linux/fs/inode.c Thu Oct 28 15:52:26 1999
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@

return inode;
}
- __iget(inode);
+ __iget(old);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
destroy_inode(inode);
inode = old;

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