In ext4_rename(), when RENAME_WHITEOUT failed to add new entry into directory, it ends up dropping new created whiteout inode under the running transaction. After commit <9b88f9fb0d2> ("ext4: Do not iput inode under running transaction"), we follow the assumptions that evict() does not get called from a transaction context but in ext4_rename() it breaks this suggestion. Although it's not a real problem, better to obey it, so this patch add inode to orphan list and stop transaction before final iput(). Signed-off-by: zhangyi (F) <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index 17d9400563fa..defdbf80ebfa 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -3786,14 +3786,14 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, */ retval = -ENOENT; if (!old.bh || le32_to_cpu(old.de->inode) != old.inode->i_ino) - goto end_rename; + goto release_bh; new.bh = ext4_find_entry(new.dir, &new.dentry->d_name, &new.de, &new.inlined); if (IS_ERR(new.bh)) { retval = PTR_ERR(new.bh); new.bh = NULL; - goto end_rename; + goto release_bh; } if (new.bh) { if (!new.inode) { @@ -3810,15 +3810,13 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, handle = ext4_journal_start(old.dir, EXT4_HT_DIR, credits); if (IS_ERR(handle)) { retval = PTR_ERR(handle); - handle = NULL; - goto end_rename; + goto release_bh; } } else { whiteout = ext4_whiteout_for_rename(&old, credits, &handle); if (IS_ERR(whiteout)) { retval = PTR_ERR(whiteout); - whiteout = NULL; - goto end_rename; + goto release_bh; } } @@ -3952,16 +3950,18 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, ext4_resetent(handle, &old, old.inode->i_ino, old_file_type); drop_nlink(whiteout); + ext4_orphan_add(handle, whiteout); } unlock_new_inode(whiteout); + ext4_journal_stop(handle); iput(whiteout); - + } else { + ext4_journal_stop(handle); } +release_bh: brelse(old.dir_bh); brelse(old.bh); brelse(new.bh); - if (handle) - ext4_journal_stop(handle); return retval; } -- 2.25.4