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udf: decrement correct link count in udf_rmdir

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It appears that a minor thinko occurred in udf_rmdir and the
(already-cleared) link count on the directory that is being removed was
being decremented instead of the link count on its parent directory.  This
gives rise to lots of kernel messages similar to:

UDF-fs warning (device loop1): udf_rmdir: empty directory has nlink != 2 (8)

when removing directory trees.  No other ill effects have been observed but
I guess it could theoretically result in the link count overflowing on a
very long-lived, much modified directory.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Mollett <molletts@yahoo.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Stephen Mollett 2007-05-08 00:31:31 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent c483bab099
commit c007c06e3c
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fs/udf/namei.c
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@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static int udf_rmdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry)
inode->i_nlink);
clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_size = 0;
inode_dec_link_count(inode);
inode_dec_link_count(dir);
inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_fs_time(dir->i_sb);
mark_inode_dirty(dir);