Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, 2020-11-11 at 09:34 +0000, Luis Henriques wrote: >> Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > The link count for a directory is defined as inode->i_subdirs + 2, >> > (for "." and ".."). i_subdirs is only populated when Fs caps are held. >> > Ensure we grab Fs caps when fetching the link count for a directory. >> > >> >> Maybe this would be worth a stable@ tag too...? >> >> Cheers, > > Usually I reserve stable tags for "real problems" (oopses, etc), that we > want to send to mainline immediately. This is just a subtle case where > the link count in a stat() call ends up looking wrong. > > If someone wants to make a case for stable, I'm willing to listen, but > this one doesn't seem worth it. Ok, fair enough. Cheers, -- Luis
