source: trunk/server/common/patches/openafs-d_splice_alias-reference.patch @ 2656

From 1c576fdf9f05c6af7b5b029ba010a76bed48488e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@your-file-system.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:43:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Linux: d_splice_alias may drop inode reference on error

d_splice_alias now drops the inode reference on error, so we
need to grab an extra one to make sure that the inode doesn't
go away, and release it when done if there was no error.

For kernels that may not drop the reference, provide an
additional iput() within an ifdef.  This could be hooked up
to a configure option to allow building a module for a kernel
that is known not to drop the reference on error.  That hook
is not provided here.  Affected kernels should be the early
3.17 ones (3.17 - 3.17.2); 3.16 and older kernels should not
return errors here.

Change-Id: Id1786ac2227b4d8e0ae801fe59c15a0ecd975bed
---
 src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index b2ab9d5..3723cf8 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -1612,6 +1612,13 @@ afs_linux_lookup(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dp)
        ip->i_flags |= S_AUTOMOUNT;
 #endif
     }
+    /*
+     * Take an extra reference so the inode doesn't go away if
+     * d_splice_alias drops our reference on error.
+     */
+    if (ip)
+       igrab(ip);
+
     newdp = d_splice_alias(ip, dp);
 
  done:
@@ -1625,14 +1632,26 @@ afs_linux_lookup(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dp)
         * d_splice_alias can return an error (EIO) if there is an existing
         * connected directory alias for this dentry.
         */
-       if (!IS_ERR(newdp))
+       if (!IS_ERR(newdp)) {
+           iput(ip);
            return newdp;
-       else {
+       } else {
            d_add(dp, ip);
+           /*
+            * Depending on the kernel version, d_splice_alias may or may
+            * not drop the inode reference on error.  If it didn't, do it
+            * here.
+            */
+#if defined(D_SPLICE_ALIAS_LEAK_ON_ERROR)
+           iput(ip);
+#endif
            return NULL;
        }
-    } else
+    } else {
+       if (ip)
+           iput(ip);
        return ERR_PTR(afs_convert_code(code));
+    }
 }
 
 static int
-- 
2.2.1