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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 361882a14ccb..a39fe47c466f 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -296,8 +296,12 @@ static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
__releases(parent->d_lock)
__releases(dentry->d_inode->i_lock)
{
- dentry->d_parent = NULL;
list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
+ /*
+ * Inform try_to_ascend() that we are no longer attached to the
+ * dentry tree
+ */
+ dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
if (parent)
spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
dentry_iput(dentry);
@@ -1030,6 +1034,7 @@ static struct dentry *try_to_ascend(struct dentry *old, int locked, unsigned seq
* or deletion
*/
if (new != old->d_parent ||
+ (old->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED) ||
(!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))) {
spin_unlock(&new->d_lock);
new = NULL;
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