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-rw-r--r--fs/ceph/inode.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index ebc7bdaed2d0..4055ab4d5c52 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1132,8 +1132,12 @@ static struct dentry *splice_dentry(struct dentry *dn, struct inode *in)
if (IS_ERR(realdn)) {
pr_err("splice_dentry error %ld %p inode %p ino %llx.%llx\n",
PTR_ERR(realdn), dn, in, ceph_vinop(in));
- dput(dn);
- dn = realdn; /* note realdn contains the error */
+ dn = realdn;
+ /*
+ * Caller should release 'dn' in the case of error.
+ * If 'req->r_dentry' is passed to this function,
+ * caller should leave 'req->r_dentry' untouched.
+ */
goto out;
} else if (realdn) {
dout("dn %p (%d) spliced with %p (%d) "