Re: [PATCH] shmem: fix nlink for rename overwrite directory

From: Al Viro
Date: Wed Sep 24 2014 - 14:58:55 EST


On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 05:56:17PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
>
> If overwriting an empty directory with rename, then need to drop the extra
> nlink.

Hmm... OK, point. It doesn't actually check for ->i_nlink for directories,
and it only affects the sucker while it (a directory) is opened-but-rmdired,
but yes, it's visible to userland, so... Applied.
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