On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 01:07:59AM -0400, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote: > +static int generic_ci_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, > + const struct qstr *name, > + unsigned int flags) > +{ > + const struct dentry *parent; > + const struct inode *dir; > + > + if (!d_is_negative(dentry)) > + return 1; > + > + parent = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_parent); > + dir = READ_ONCE(parent->d_inode); > + > + if (!dir || !IS_CASEFOLDED(dir)) > + return 1; > + > + /* > + * Negative dentries created prior to turning the directory > + * case-insensitive cannot be trusted, since they don't ensure > + * any possible case version of the filename doesn't exist. > + */ > + if (!d_is_casefolded_name(dentry)) > + return 0; > + > + /* > + * If the lookup is for creation, then a negative dentry can only be > + * reused if it's a case-sensitive match, not just a case-insensitive > + * one. This is needed to make the new file be created with the name > + * the user specified, preserving case. > + * > + * LOOKUP_CREATE or LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET cover most creations. In these > + * cases, ->d_name is stable and can be compared to 'name' without > + * taking ->d_lock because the caller must hold dir->i_rwsem. (This > + * is because the directory lock blocks the dentry from being > + * concurrently instantiated, and negative dentries are never moved.) > + * > + * All other creations actually use flags==0. These come from the edge > + * case of filesystems calling functions like lookup_one() that do a > + * lookup without setting the lookup flags at all. Such lookups might > + * or might not be for creation, and if not don't guarantee stable > + * ->d_name. Therefore, invalidate all negative dentries when flags==0. > + */ > + if (flags & (LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET)) { > + if (dentry->d_name.len != name->len || > + memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, name->name, name->len)) > + return 0; Frankly, I would rather moved that to fs/dcache.c and used dentry_cmp() instead of memcmp() here. Avoids the discussion of ->d_name stability for this one.