Re: [PATCH] shmem: fix nlink for rename overwrite directory

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Sat Sep 27 2014 - 02:33:19 EST


On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 05:56:17PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
>
> If overwriting an empty directory with rename, then need to drop the extra
> nlink.
>
> Test prog:

Can you send a patch to wire this up for xfstests?

>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <err.h>
> #include <sys/stat.h>
>
> int main(void)
> {
> const char *test_dir1 = "test-dir1";
> const char *test_dir2 = "test-dir2";
> int res;
> int fd;
> struct stat statbuf;
>
> res = mkdir(test_dir1, 0777);
> if (res == -1)
> err(1, "mkdir(\"%s\")", test_dir1);
>
> res = mkdir(test_dir2, 0777);
> if (res == -1)
> err(1, "mkdir(\"%s\")", test_dir2);
>
> fd = open(test_dir2, O_RDONLY);
> if (fd == -1)
> err(1, "open(\"%s\")", test_dir2);
>
> res = rename(test_dir1, test_dir2);
> if (res == -1)
> err(1, "rename(\"%s\", \"%s\")", test_dir1, test_dir2);
>
> res = fstat(fd, &statbuf);
> if (res == -1)
> err(1, "fstat(%i)", fd);
>
> if (statbuf.st_nlink != 0) {
> fprintf(stderr, "nlink is %lu, should be 0\n", statbuf.st_nlink);
> return 1;
> }
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> mm/shmem.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -2367,8 +2367,10 @@ static int shmem_rename2(struct inode *o
>
> if (new_dentry->d_inode) {
> (void) shmem_unlink(new_dir, new_dentry);
> - if (they_are_dirs)
> + if (they_are_dirs) {
> + drop_nlink(new_dentry->d_inode);
> drop_nlink(old_dir);
> + }
> } else if (they_are_dirs) {
> drop_nlink(old_dir);
> inc_nlink(new_dir);
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