Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3] f2fs: don't leave the hashed inode while it's unlinked
From: Chao Yu
Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 22:16:05 EST
On 8/25/26 04:12, Jaegeuk Kim via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
f2fs_symlink()
1. f2fs_new_inode
2. f2fs_add_link
3. write_being|end to fill the symlink path
4. flush dirty pages and or checkpoint
Step 4 is nice to succeed, which doesn't become a reason to roll back
the created symlink. OTOH, if we get an error till step 3, don't leave
its dentry and its inode.
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
v3 fixes generic/233 failure, looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,