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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c index a835ceb79ba5..990b72ae3635 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c @@ -2763,6 +2763,19 @@ xfs_remove( error = xfs_droplink(tp, ip); if (error) goto out_trans_cancel; + + /* + * Point the unlinked child directory's ".." entry to the root + * directory to eliminate back-references to inodes that may + * get freed before the child directory is closed. If the fs + * gets shrunk, this can lead to dirent inode validation errors. + */ + if (dp->i_ino != tp->t_mountp->m_sb.sb_rootino) { + error = xfs_dir_replace(tp, ip, &xfs_name_dotdot, + tp->t_mountp->m_sb.sb_rootino, 0); + if (error) + return error; + } } else { /* * When removing a non-directory we need to log the parent |