Elevate the write count during the vfs_rmdir() call. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue at us.ibm.com> --- lxc-dave/fs/namei.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/namei.c~20-24-do-rmdir-elevate-write-count fs/namei.c --- lxc/fs/namei.c~20-24-do-rmdir-elevate-write-count 2006-12-11 14:22:10.000000000 -0800 +++ lxc-dave/fs/namei.c 2006-12-11 14:22:10.000000000 -0800 @@ -2097,7 +2097,12 @@ static long do_rmdir(int dfd, const char error = PTR_ERR(dentry); if (IS_ERR(dentry)) goto exit2; + error = mnt_want_write(nd.mnt); + if (error) + goto exit3; error = vfs_rmdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry); + mnt_drop_write(nd.mnt); +exit3: dput(dentry); exit2: mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); _