From: Miklos Szeredi Comments are wrong or out of date. In particular d_drop() doesn't free the inode it just unhashes the dentry. And if target is a directory then it is not checked for being busy. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/nfs/dir.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/nfs/dir.c 2009-12-02 15:10:33.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/nfs/dir.c 2009-12-02 15:10:44.000000000 +0100 @@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_ /* * To prevent any new references to the target during the rename, - * we unhash the dentry and free the inode in advance. + * we unhash the dentry in advance. */ if (!d_unhashed(new_dentry)) { d_drop(new_dentry); @@ -1594,12 +1594,10 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_ atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count)); /* - * First check whether the target is busy ... we can't - * safely do _any_ rename if the target is in use. - * - * For files, make a copy of the dentry and then do a - * silly-rename. If the silly-rename succeeds, the - * copied dentry is hashed and becomes the new target. + * For non-directories, check whether the target is busy and if so, + * make a copy of the dentry and then do a silly-rename. If the + * silly-rename succeeds, the copied dentry is hashed and becomes + * the new target. */ if (new_inode && !S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode) && atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 2) { -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/