From: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: coda: avoid flagging NULL inodes Somehow we hit a negative dentry in coda_rename even after checking with d_really_is_positive. Maybe something raced and turned the new_dentry negative while we were fixing up directory link counts. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210908140308.18491-5-jaharkes@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jing Yangyang <jing.yangyang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zeal Robot <zealci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/coda/coda_linux.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h~coda-avoid-flagging-null-inodes +++ a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ static __inline__ void coda_flag_inode(s { struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode); + if (!inode) + return; + spin_lock(&cii->c_lock); cii->c_flags |= flag; spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock); _