[PATCH 01/18] gfs2: Call unlock_new_inode before d_instantiate

Andreas Gruenbacher <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:51:54 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.gfs2
Message-ID <[email protected]>
As Neil Brown describes in detail in the link referenced below, new
inodes must be unlocked before they can be instantiated.

An even better fix is to use d_instantiate_new(), which combines
d_instantiate() and unlock_new_inode().

Fixes: 3d36e57ff768 ("gfs2: gfs2_create_inode rework")
Reported-by: [email protected]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <[email protected]>
---
 fs/gfs2/inode.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 8344040ecaf7..e9bf4879c07f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto fail_gunlock4;
 
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	d_instantiate_new(dentry, inode);
 	/* After instantiate, errors should result in evict which will destroy
 	 * both inode and iopen glocks properly. */
 	if (file) {
@@ -904,7 +904,6 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&gh);
 	gfs2_glock_put(io_gl);
 	gfs2_qa_put(dip);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	return error;
 
 fail_gunlock4:
-- 
2.53.0