From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> commit f610a5a29c3cfb7d37bdfa4ef52f72ea51f24a76 upstream. Fix rename of one directory over another such that the nlink on the deleted directory is cleared to 0 rather than being decremented to 1. This was causing the generic/035 xfstest to fail. Fixes: e49c7b2f6de7 ("afs: Build an abstraction around an "operation" concept") Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/162194384460.3999479.7605572278074191079.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ # v1 Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/afs/dir.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/afs/dir.c +++ b/fs/afs/dir.c @@ -1842,7 +1842,9 @@ static void afs_rename_edit_dir(struct a new_inode = d_inode(new_dentry); if (new_inode) { spin_lock(&new_inode->i_lock); - if (new_inode->i_nlink > 0) + if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode)) + clear_nlink(new_inode); + else if (new_inode->i_nlink > 0) drop_nlink(new_inode); spin_unlock(&new_inode->i_lock); }