On unlink we should clear the director link count Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/9p/vfs_inode.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c index b36711b..ae4fd90 100644 --- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c @@ -509,8 +509,17 @@ static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *file, int rmdir) return PTR_ERR(v9fid); retval = p9_client_remove(v9fid); - if (!retval) - drop_nlink(file_inode); + if (!retval) { + /* + * directories on unlink should have zero + * link count + */ + if (rmdir) { + clear_nlink(file_inode); + drop_nlink(dir); + } else + drop_nlink(file_inode); + } return retval; } -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html