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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index d211b8e18566..30c4c9ebb693 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -843,9 +843,14 @@ static int jffs2_rename (struct inode *old_dir_i, struct dentry *old_dentry,
pr_notice("%s(): Link succeeded, unlink failed (err %d). You now have a hard link\n",
__func__, ret);
- /* Might as well let the VFS know */
- d_instantiate(new_dentry, d_inode(old_dentry));
- ihold(d_inode(old_dentry));
+ /*
+ * We can't keep the target in dcache after that.
+ * For one thing, we can't afford dentry aliases for directories.
+ * For another, if there was a victim, we _can't_ set new inode
+ * for that sucker and we have to trigger mount eviction - the
+ * caller won't do it on its own since we are returning an error.
+ */
+ d_invalidate(new_dentry);
new_dir_i->i_mtime = new_dir_i->i_ctime = ITIME(now);
return ret;
}