NFS has no problems with lingering references to unlinked directory inodes. CC: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index 87daf79..7237672 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -1748,8 +1748,6 @@ static int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: rmdir(%s/%ld), %s\n", dir->i_sb->s_id, dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name); - dentry_unhash(dentry); - error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->rmdir(dir, &dentry->d_name); /* Ensure the VFS deletes this inode */ if (error == 0 && dentry->d_inode != NULL) @@ -1959,9 +1957,6 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, new_dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, new_dentry->d_name.name, new_dentry->d_count); - if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode)) - dentry_unhash(new_dentry); - /* * For non-directories, check whether the target is busy and if so, * make a copy of the dentry and then do a silly-rename. If the -- 1.7.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html