[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH v5] ocfs2: roll back the reference count modification of the parent directory if an error occurs

[piaojun]

On 2020/3/17 20:28, wangjian wrote:
> Under some conditions, the directory cannot be deleted.
> The specific scenarios are as follows: (for example,
> /mnt/ocfs2 is the mount point)
> 
> 1. Create the /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir directory. At this time,
> the i_nlink corresponding to the inode of
> the /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir directory is equal to 2.
> 
> 2. During the process of creating the
> /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir/s_dir directory, if the call to the inc_nlink
> function in ocfs2_mknod succeeds, the functions such as
> ocfs2_init_acl, ocfs2_init_security_set, and ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock fail.
> At this time, the i_nlink corresponding to the inode of the
> /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir directory is equal to 3, but /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir/s_dir
> is not added to the /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir directory entry.
> 
> 3. Delete the /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir directory (rm -rf /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir).
> At this time, it is found that the i_nlink corresponding to
> the inode corresponding to the /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir directory is equal to 3.
> Therefore, the /mnt/ocfs2/p_dir directory cannot be deleted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jian wang <wangjian161 at huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jun Piao <piaojun at huawei.com>