Re: [syzbot] [nilfs?] WARNING in nilfs_rmdir (3)

From: Ryusuke Konishi

Date: Tue Oct 06 2026 - 03:46:36 EST


#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git a90ee4305c4a

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index e037e0c6e31a..dcfa70f9e5d4 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -341,10 +341,15 @@ static int nilfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)

err = -ENOTEMPTY;
if (nilfs_empty_dir(inode)) {
+ if (unlikely(inode->i_nlink != 2)) {
+ nilfs_warn(dir->i_sb,
+ "inconsistent empty directory link count %u (ino=%llu)",
+ inode->i_nlink, inode->i_ino);
+ }
err = nilfs_do_unlink(dir, dentry);
if (!err) {
inode->i_size = 0;
- drop_nlink(inode);
+ clear_nlink(inode);
nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode);
drop_nlink(dir);
nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(dir);
--
2.53.0