In ext4_link we need to check using EXT4_LINK_MAX, and not EXT4_DIR_LINK_MAX(), since ext4_link() is creating hard links of regular files, and not directories. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index 3692ba6..f92cc06 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ static int ext4_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode; int err, retries = 0; - if (EXT4_DIR_LINK_MAX(inode)) + if (inode->i_nlink >= EXT4_LINK_MAX) return -EMLINK; /* -- 1.6.3.2.1.gb9f7d.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html