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SubjectRe: [PATCH] debugfs: remove no need inc_nlink
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Greg KH wrote on 2018/12/22 15:32:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 11:41:11AM +0800, yangerkun wrote:
>> Remove inc_nlink in debugfs_create_automount, or this inode will never
>> be free.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: yangerkun <yangerkun@huawei.com>
>> ---
>> fs/debugfs/inode.c | 2 --
>> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
>> index 13b0135..9e6e225 100644
>> --- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
>> @@ -516,8 +516,6 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
>> inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
>> inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
>>
>> - /* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
>> - inc_nlink(inode);
>
> Really? How did you test this and why does removing this line directly
> go against what the comment says?
So sorry for this, the fuction should be modify is
debugfs_create_automount. Patch will coming soon.

Thanks,
Kun.

>
> this feels really wrong...
>
> greg k-h
>
> .
>

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