[PATCH 12/53] nfs: don't d_drop() before d_splice_alias() in atomic_create.
NeilBrown <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:11:59 +1100
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From: NeilBrown <[email protected]> When atomic_create fails with -ENOENT we currently d_drop() the dentry and then re-add it (d_splice_alias()) with a NULL inode. This drop-and-re-add will not work with proposed locking changes. As d_splice_alias() now supports hashed dentries, we don't need the d_drop() until it is determined that some other error has occurred. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]> --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index f92ea11aea44..ffba4de3df01 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -2179,7 +2179,6 @@ int nfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, err = PTR_ERR(inode); trace_nfs_atomic_open_exit(dir, ctx, open_flags, err); put_nfs_open_context(ctx); - d_drop(dentry); switch (err) { case -ENOENT: if (nfs_server_capable(dir, NFS_CAP_CASE_INSENSITIVE)) @@ -2188,7 +2187,7 @@ int nfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, dir_verifier = nfs_save_change_attribute(dir); nfs_set_verifier(dentry, dir_verifier); d_splice_alias(NULL, dentry); - break; + goto out; case -EISDIR: case -ENOTDIR: goto no_open; @@ -2200,6 +2199,7 @@ int nfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, default: break; } + d_drop(dentry); goto out; } file->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT; -- 2.50.0.107.gf914562f5916.dirty