[PATCH 44/53] hostfs: don't d_drop() before d_splice_alias() in hostfs_mkdir()
NeilBrown <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:12:31 +1100
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From: NeilBrown <[email protected]> hostfs_mkdir() uses d_drop() and d_splice_alias() to ensure it has the right dentry after a mkdir. d_drop() is no longer needed here and will cause problem for future changes to directory locking. So remove the d_drop(). Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]> --- fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c index abe86d72d9ef..f737f99710d5 100644 --- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c +++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c @@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ static struct dentry *hostfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *ino, dentry = ERR_PTR(err); } else { inode = hostfs_iget(dentry->d_sb, file); - d_drop(dentry); dentry = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); } __putname(file); -- 2.50.0.107.gf914562f5916.dirty