[PATCH v4 06/21] afs: Fix directory inode initialisation order

From: David Howells

Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 05:18:57 EST


Fix afs_inode_init_from_status() to call afs_set_netfs_context() before the
switch to do file type-specific initialisation because local directory
changes don't get uploaded to the server, only stored in the cache.

This requires that the file size be set before, so move that up too.

Without this, NETFS_ICTX_SINGLE_NO_UPLOAD as set on directories gets
clobbered.

Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260618074903.2374756-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 6dd80936618c ("afs: Use netfslib for directories")
---
fs/afs/inode.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 54ac6ec21daf..51c28f148845 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ static int afs_inode_init_from_status(struct afs_operation *op,
inode->i_gid = make_kgid(&init_user_ns, status->group);
set_nlink(&vnode->netfs.inode, status->nlink);

+ i_size_write(inode, status->size);
+ inode_set_bytes(inode, status->size);
+ afs_set_netfs_context(vnode, status->type == AFS_FTYPE_FILE);
+
switch (status->type) {
case AFS_FTYPE_FILE:
inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | (status->mode & S_IALLUGO);
@@ -133,10 +137,6 @@ static int afs_inode_init_from_status(struct afs_operation *op,
return afs_protocol_error(NULL, afs_eproto_file_type);
}

- i_size_write(inode, status->size);
- inode_set_bytes(inode, status->size);
- afs_set_netfs_context(vnode, status->type == AFS_FTYPE_FILE);
-
vnode->invalid_before = status->data_version;
trace_afs_set_dv(vnode, status->data_version);
inode_set_iversion_raw(&vnode->netfs.inode, status->data_version);