From 4ebcf3f94924d54706de0d2492c80944d85410fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hyunchul Lee Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:34:10 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] ntfs: drop nlink once for WIN32/DOS aliases NTFS could store a filename as paired WIN32 and DOS $FILE_NAME attributes for directories. But ntfs_delete() deleted both attributes for unlinking a directory, but it also called drop_nlink() for each attributes. This could trigger warnings when unlinking directories. Signed-off-by: Hyunchul Lee Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon --- fs/ntfs/namei.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c index 10894de519c39..96c450e62efca 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c +++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c @@ -945,7 +945,8 @@ search: ni_mrec = actx->base_mrec ? actx->base_mrec : actx->mrec; ni_mrec->link_count = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(ni_mrec->link_count) - 1); - drop_nlink(VFS_I(ni)); + if (!S_ISDIR(VFS_I(ni)->i_mode)) + drop_nlink(VFS_I(ni)); mark_mft_record_dirty(ni); if (looking_for_dos_name) { @@ -955,6 +956,13 @@ search: goto search; } + /* + * For directories, Drop VFS nlink only when mft record link count + * becomes zero. Because we fixes VFS nlink to 1 for directories. + */ + if (S_ISDIR(VFS_I(ni)->i_mode) && !le16_to_cpu(ni_mrec->link_count)) + drop_nlink(VFS_I(ni)); + /* * If hard link count is not equal to zero then we are done. In other * case there are no reference to this inode left, so we should free all @@ -1221,7 +1229,8 @@ static int __ntfs_link(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct ntfs_inode *dir_ni, } /* Increment hard links count. */ ni_mrec->link_count = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(ni_mrec->link_count) + 1); - inc_nlink(VFS_I(ni)); + if (!S_ISDIR(vi->i_mode)) + inc_nlink(VFS_I(ni)); /* Done! */ mark_mft_record_dirty(ni); -- 2.47.3