ext4 has no problems with lingering references to unlinked directory inodes. CC: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> CC: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> CC: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index 792d06e..67fd0b0 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -2123,8 +2123,6 @@ static int ext4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de; handle_t *handle; - dentry_unhash(dentry); - /* Initialize quotas before so that eventual writes go in * separate transaction */ dquot_initialize(dir); @@ -2352,9 +2350,6 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *old_de, *new_de; int retval, force_da_alloc = 0; - if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) - dentry_unhash(new_dentry); - dquot_initialize(old_dir); dquot_initialize(new_dir); -- 1.7.1 -- 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