Commit a8b0026847b8 ("rename(): avoid a deadlock in the case of parents having no common ancestor") added an error bail out path. However this path does not drop the remount protection that has been acquired. Fix the cleanup path to properly drop the remount protection. Fixes: a8b0026847b8 ("rename(): avoid a deadlock in the case of parents having no common ancestor") Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c index 6a9464262fae..2e41eb4c3cec 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c @@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ nfsd_rename(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp, char *fname, int flen, trap = lock_rename(tdentry, fdentry); if (IS_ERR(trap)) { err = (rqstp->rq_vers == 2) ? nfserr_acces : nfserr_xdev; - goto out; + goto out_want_write; } err = fh_fill_pre_attrs(ffhp); if (err != nfs_ok) @@ -1922,6 +1922,7 @@ nfsd_rename(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp, char *fname, int flen, } out_unlock: unlock_rename(tdentry, fdentry); +out_want_write: fh_drop_write(ffhp); /* -- 2.35.3