iput() ends up calling ->evict() on new inode, which is not yet initialized by owning fs. So use destroy_inode() instead. Add to sb->s_inodes list only if inode is not in I_CREATING state (meaning that it wasn't allocated with new_inode(), which already does the insertion). Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 80ea09a002bf ("vfs: factor out inode_insert5()") --- fs/inode.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 04dd7e0d5142..e7de38c1d9d8 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -1050,6 +1050,7 @@ struct inode *inode_insert5(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval, { struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(inode->i_sb, hashval); struct inode *old; + bool creating = inode->i_state & I_CREATING; again: spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock); @@ -1083,6 +1084,8 @@ struct inode *inode_insert5(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval, inode->i_state |= I_NEW; hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, head); spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); + if (!creating) + inode_sb_list_add(inode); unlock: spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock); @@ -1117,12 +1120,12 @@ struct inode *iget5_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval, struct inode *inode = ilookup5(sb, hashval, test, data); if (!inode) { - struct inode *new = new_inode(sb); + struct inode *new = alloc_inode(sb); if (new) { inode = inode_insert5(new, hashval, test, set, data); if (unlikely(inode != new)) - iput(new); + destroy_inode(new); } } return inode; -- 2.14.3