If the parent directory link count is too low (likely directory inode corruption), just skip updating its link count as if it goes to 0 too early it can cause unexpected issues. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/udf/namei.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c index 78a603129dd5..2be775d30ac1 100644 --- a/fs/udf/namei.c +++ b/fs/udf/namei.c @@ -517,7 +517,11 @@ static int udf_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) inode->i_nlink); clear_nlink(inode); inode->i_size = 0; - inode_dec_link_count(dir); + if (dir->i_nlink >= 3) + inode_dec_link_count(dir); + else + udf_warn(inode->i_sb, "parent dir link count too low (%u)\n", + dir->i_nlink); udf_add_fid_counter(dir->i_sb, true, -1); inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(inode))); -- 2.35.3