From: Darrick J. Wong Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:24:33 +0000 (-0700) Subject: xfs: zero i_nlink before repair puts inode on unlinked list X-Git-Tag: v7.2-rc7~29^2~24 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=49933254ba8d421ed706cbe6ed0fbc264e572cab;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git xfs: zero i_nlink before repair puts inode on unlinked list LOLLM observes that we don't reset i_nlink if we encounter a file with no parent that isn't on the unlinked list. This causes unnecessary assertion trips on debugging kernels and an inconsistent file, so let's fix that. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.10 Fixes: 669dfe883c8e20 ("xfs: update the unlinked list when repairing link counts") Signed-off-by: "Darrick J. Wong" Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino --- diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/nlinks_repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/nlinks_repair.c index fbc2ff809fc0..09e097e16689 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/scrub/nlinks_repair.c +++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/nlinks_repair.c @@ -232,9 +232,14 @@ xrep_nlinks_repair_inode( * unlinked list, put it on the unlinked list. */ if (total_links == 0 && !xfs_inode_on_unlinked_list(ip)) { + if (actual_nlink) + clear_nlink(VFS_I(ip)); error = xfs_iunlink(sc->tp, ip); - if (error) + if (error) { + if (actual_nlink) + set_nlink(VFS_I(ip), actual_nlink); goto out_trans; + } dirty = true; }