Re: [PATCH] fat: release buffer head after rebuilding parent
From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 02:10:19 EST
Yichong Chen <chenyichong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> fat_scan_logstart() leaves the matching directory entry's buffer head in
> sinfo.bh for the caller to release, just like fat_scan().
>
> fat_rebuild_parent() uses the directory entry to rebuild the parent inode
> for the nostale_ro NFS export path, but does not release sinfo.bh after a
> successful scan. Release it once fat_build_inode() has consumed the
> directory entry data.
>
> Fixes: f1e6fb0ab451 ("fat (exportfs): rebuild directory-inode if fat_dget()")
> Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <chenyichong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good, thanks.
Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/fat/nfs.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fat/nfs.c b/fs/fat/nfs.c
> index 509eea9..6e1b371 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/nfs.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/nfs.c
> @@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ struct inode *fat_rebuild_parent(struct super_block *sb, int parent_logstart)
> MSDOS_I(dummy_grand_parent)->i_pos = -1;
> }
>
> - if (!fat_scan_logstart(dummy_grand_parent, clus_to_match, &sinfo))
> + if (!fat_scan_logstart(dummy_grand_parent, clus_to_match, &sinfo)) {
> parent = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
> + brelse(sinfo.bh);
> + }
>
> brelse(parent_bh);
> iput(dummy_grand_parent);
--
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>