[PATCH 12/53] nfs: don't d_drop() before d_splice_alias() in atomic_create.

NeilBrown neilb at ownmail.net
Thu Mar 12 14:11:59 PDT 2026


From: NeilBrown <neil at brown.name>

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 <neil at brown.name>
---
 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




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