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nfs: fix comments in nfs_rename()

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Comments are wrong or out of date.  In particular d_drop() doesn't
free the inode it just unhashes the dentry.  And if target is a
directory then it is not checked for being busy.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
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Miklos Szeredi 2009-12-03 15:58:56 -05:00 committed by Trond Myklebust
parent e48de5ec25
commit 28f79a1a69
1 changed files with 5 additions and 7 deletions
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@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
/*
* To prevent any new references to the target during the rename,
* we unhash the dentry and free the inode in advance.
* we unhash the dentry in advance.
*/
if (!d_unhashed(new_dentry)) {
d_drop(new_dentry);
@ -1594,12 +1594,10 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count));
/*
* First check whether the target is busy ... we can't
* safely do _any_ rename if the target is in use.
*
* For files, make a copy of the dentry and then do a
* silly-rename. If the silly-rename succeeds, the
* copied dentry is hashed and becomes the new target.
* 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
* silly-rename succeeds, the copied dentry is hashed and becomes
* the new target.
*/
if (new_inode && !S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode) &&
atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 2) {