linux-kernel - [PATCH] shmem: fix nlink for rename overwrite directory

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Message-ID: <20140924155617.GD7441@tucsk.piliscsaba.szeredi.hu>
Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:56:17 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] shmem: fix nlink for rename overwrite directory

From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>

If overwriting an empty directory with rename, then need to drop the extra
nlink.

Test prog:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

int main(void)
{
	const char *test_dir1 = "test-dir1";
	const char *test_dir2 = "test-dir2";
	int res;
	int fd;
	struct stat statbuf;

	res = mkdir(test_dir1, 0777);
	if (res == -1)
		err(1, "mkdir(\"%s\")", test_dir1);

	res = mkdir(test_dir2, 0777);
	if (res == -1)
		err(1, "mkdir(\"%s\")", test_dir2);

	fd = open(test_dir2, O_RDONLY);
	if (fd == -1)
		err(1, "open(\"%s\")", test_dir2);

	res = rename(test_dir1, test_dir2);
	if (res == -1)
		err(1, "rename(\"%s\", \"%s\")", test_dir1, test_dir2);

	res = fstat(fd, &statbuf);
	if (res == -1)
		err(1, "fstat(%i)", fd);

	if (statbuf.st_nlink != 0) {
		fprintf(stderr, "nlink is %lu, should be 0\n", statbuf.st_nlink);
		return 1;
	}

	return 0;
}

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 mm/shmem.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2367,8 +2367,10 @@ static int shmem_rename2(struct inode *o
 
 	if (new_dentry->d_inode) {
 		(void) shmem_unlink(new_dir, new_dentry);
-		if (they_are_dirs)
+		if (they_are_dirs) {
+			drop_nlink(new_dentry->d_inode);
 			drop_nlink(old_dir);
+		}
 	} else if (they_are_dirs) {
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		inc_nlink(new_dir);
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