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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/btrfs/inode.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext3/namei.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext4/namei.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/jfs/namei.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/reiserfs/namei.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ubifs/dir.c | 18 |
6 files changed, 0 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c index 0efdb65953c5..c23f050f47c2 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c @@ -4806,9 +4806,6 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, int err; int drop_inode = 0; - if (inode->i_nlink == 0) - return -ENOENT; - /* do not allow sys_link's with other subvols of the same device */ if (root->objectid != BTRFS_I(inode)->root->objectid) return -EPERM; diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c index b27ba71810ec..561f69256266 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c @@ -2253,13 +2253,6 @@ static int ext3_link (struct dentry * old_dentry, dquot_initialize(dir); - /* - * Return -ENOENT if we've raced with unlink and i_nlink is 0. Doing - * otherwise has the potential to corrupt the orphan inode list. - */ - if (inode->i_nlink == 0) - return -ENOENT; - retry: handle = ext3_journal_start(dir, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) + EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS); diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index 5485390d32c5..e781b7ea5630 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -2304,13 +2304,6 @@ static int ext4_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, dquot_initialize(dir); - /* - * Return -ENOENT if we've raced with unlink and i_nlink is 0. Doing - * otherwise has the potential to corrupt the orphan inode list. - */ - if (inode->i_nlink == 0) - return -ENOENT; - retry: handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) + EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS); diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c index 5a2b269428a6..3f04a1804931 100644 --- a/fs/jfs/namei.c +++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c @@ -809,9 +809,6 @@ static int jfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, if (ip->i_nlink == JFS_LINK_MAX) return -EMLINK; - if (ip->i_nlink == 0) - return -ENOENT; - dquot_initialize(dir); tid = txBegin(ip->i_sb, 0); diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c index 68fdf45cc6c9..4b2eb564fdad 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c @@ -1122,10 +1122,6 @@ static int reiserfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, reiserfs_write_unlock(dir->i_sb); return -EMLINK; } - if (inode->i_nlink == 0) { - reiserfs_write_unlock(dir->i_sb); - return -ENOENT; - } /* inc before scheduling so reiserfs_unlink knows we are here */ inc_nlink(inode); diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c index 14f64b689d7f..7217d67a80a6 100644 --- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c +++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c @@ -522,24 +522,6 @@ static int ubifs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&dir->i_mutex)); ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex)); - /* - * Return -ENOENT if we've raced with unlink and i_nlink is 0. Doing - * otherwise has the potential to corrupt the orphan inode list. - * - * Indeed, consider a scenario when 'vfs_link(dirA/fileA)' and - * 'vfs_unlink(dirA/fileA, dirB/fileB)' race. 'vfs_link()' does not - * lock 'dirA->i_mutex', so this is possible. Both of the functions - * lock 'fileA->i_mutex' though. Suppose 'vfs_unlink()' wins, and takes - * 'fileA->i_mutex' mutex first. Suppose 'fileA->i_nlink' is 1. In this - * case 'ubifs_unlink()' will drop the last reference, and put 'inodeA' - * to the list of orphans. After this, 'vfs_link()' will link - * 'dirB/fileB' to 'inodeA'. This is a problem because, for example, - * the subsequent 'vfs_unlink(dirB/fileB)' will add the same inode - * to the list of orphans. - */ - if (inode->i_nlink == 0) - return -ENOENT; - err = dbg_check_synced_i_size(inode); if (err) return err; |