linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] fat: ignore . and .. subdirs and always add links to dirs

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:51:32 -0300
From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...lia.com>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...omium.org>,
	dlunev@...omium.org,
	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...lia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] fat: ignore . and .. subdirs and always add links to dirs

The tools used for creating images for the Lego Mindstrom EV3 are not
adding '.' and '..' entry in the 'Projects' directory.

Without this fix, the kernel can not fill the inode structure for
'Projects' directory.

See https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-ev3/issues/980
And https://github.com/microsoft/uf2-linux/issues/6

When counting the number of subdirs, ignore . and .. subdirs and add two
when setting the initial link count for directories. This way, the number
of links is always correctly accounted for.

With this fix applied, we can mount an image with such empty directories,
access them, create subdirectories and remove them.

This also prevents corrupting such filesystems as when the inodes would be
put, since no links were accounted for, all of its clusters would be marked
as free.

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...lia.com>
Cc: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...omium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220204062232.3410036-1-gwendal@chromium.org/
Cc: dlunev@...omium.org
---
 fs/fat/dir.c   | 4 +++-
 fs/fat/inode.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index acbec5bdd521..4e4a359a1ea3 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -949,7 +949,9 @@ int fat_subdirs(struct inode *dir)
 	bh = NULL;
 	cpos = 0;
 	while (fat_get_short_entry(dir, &cpos, &bh, &de) >= 0) {
-		if (de->attr & ATTR_DIR)
+		if (de->attr & ATTR_DIR &&
+		    strncmp(de->name, MSDOS_DOT   , MSDOS_NAME) &&
+		    strncmp(de->name, MSDOS_DOTDOT, MSDOS_NAME))
 			count++;
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index d9e6fbb6f246..234c244d1252 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ int fat_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct msdos_dir_entry *de)
 			return error;
 		MSDOS_I(inode)->mmu_private = inode->i_size;
 
-		set_nlink(inode, fat_subdirs(inode));
+		set_nlink(inode, fat_subdirs(inode)+2);
 
 		error = fat_validate_dir(inode);
 		if (error < 0)
-- 
2.34.1