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-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index fc2faa44f8d..2355bddad8d 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ struct dentry * dget_locked(struct dentry *dentry)
* it can be unhashed only if it has no children, or if it is the root
* of a filesystem.
*
- * If the inode has a DCACHE_DISCONNECTED alias, then prefer
+ * If the inode has an IS_ROOT, DCACHE_DISCONNECTED alias, then prefer
* any other hashed alias over that one unless @want_discon is set,
- * in which case only return a DCACHE_DISCONNECTED alias.
+ * in which case only return an IS_ROOT, DCACHE_DISCONNECTED alias.
*/
static struct dentry * __d_find_alias(struct inode *inode, int want_discon)
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ static struct dentry * __d_find_alias(struct inode *inode, int want_discon)
prefetch(next);
alias = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_alias);
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || !d_unhashed(alias)) {
- if (alias->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED)
+ if (IS_ROOT(alias) &&
+ (alias->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED))
discon_alias = alias;
else if (!want_discon) {
__dget_locked(alias);
@@ -1004,7 +1005,7 @@ struct dentry *d_splice_alias(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct dentry *new = NULL;
- if (inode) {
+ if (inode && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
new = __d_find_alias(inode, 1);
if (new) {