NFS: Ensure that nfs_link() instantiates the dentry correctly

 Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index ce8f77d..8272ed3 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1432,17 +1432,14 @@ nfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                old_dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, old_dentry->d_name.name,
                dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-       /*
-        * Drop the dentry in advance to force a new lookup.
-        * Since nfs_proc_link doesn't return a file handle,
-        * we can't use the existing dentry.
-        */
        lock_kernel();
-       d_drop(dentry);
-
        nfs_begin_data_update(dir);
        nfs_begin_data_update(inode);
        error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->link(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
+       if (error == 0) {
+               atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
+               d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+       }
        nfs_end_data_update(inode);
        nfs_end_data_update(dir);
        unlock_kernel();