[PATCH 3.2 074/102] shmem: fix nlink for rename overwrite directory

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sat Nov 01 2014 - 18:58:06 EST


3.2.64-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>

commit b928095b0a7cff7fb9fcf4c706348ceb8ab2c295 upstream.

If overwriting an empty directory with rename, then need to drop the extra
nlink.

Test prog:

#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>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/shmem.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1719,8 +1719,10 @@ static int shmem_rename(struct inode *ol

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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