ext4_mkdir calls ext4_handle_dirty_metadata with dir_block and the inode "dir". Unfortunately, dir_block belongs to the newly created directory (which is "inode"), not the parent directory (which is "dir"). Fix the incorrect association. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- 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 2b5c34b..a2c2855 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ retry: ext4_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR); inode->i_nlink = 2; BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata"); - err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, dir_block); + err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, dir_block); if (err) goto out_clear_inode; err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); -- 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