Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Christopher Yeoh <> | Date | Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:47:54 +1100 (EST) | Subject | [PATCH] Attempt to hard link across filesystems results in un-unmountable filesystem |
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Hi Linus,
In 2.4-test11 attempting to hard link a file across filesystems (the link does fail correctly) results in one of the filesystems (the one the hard link was to be created on) to be in a state such that it can't be unmounted.
The attached patch fixes this problem.
Chris.
--- fs/namei.c.orig Tue Nov 21 14:34:54 2000 +++ fs/namei.c Tue Nov 21 14:34:22 2000 @@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ goto out; error = -EXDEV; if (old_nd.mnt != nd.mnt) - goto out; + goto out2; new_dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0); error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry); if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) { @@ -1615,6 +1615,7 @@ dput(new_dentry); } up(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_sem); +out2: path_release(&nd); out: path_release(&old_nd); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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