linux-kernel - [PATCH] debugfs: remove inc_nlink in debugfs_create

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Date:   Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:45:36 +0800
From:   yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>
To:     <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <rafael@...nel.org>
CC:     <yangerkun@...wei.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] debugfs: remove inc_nlink in debugfs_create_automount

Remove inc_nlink in debugfs_create_automount, or this inode will never
be free.

Signed-off-by: yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>
---
 fs/debugfs/inode.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 13b01351dd1c..9294238e364f 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -551,12 +551,11 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 	if (unlikely(!inode))
 		return failed_creating(dentry);
 
+	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
 	make_empty_dir_inode(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_AUTOMOUNT;
 	inode->i_private = data;
 	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)f;
-	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inc_nlink(inode);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	inc_nlink(d_inode(dentry->d_parent));
 	fsnotify_mkdir(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry);
-- 
2.14.4