@@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@ int ceph_encode_inode_release(void **p, struct inode *inode,
int ceph_encode_dentry_release(void **p, struct dentry *dentry,
int mds, int drop, int unless)
{
- struct inode *dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
+ struct dentry *parent;
struct ceph_mds_request_release *rel = *p;
struct ceph_dentry_info *di = ceph_dentry(dentry);
int force = 0;
@@ -3849,9 +3849,12 @@ int ceph_encode_dentry_release(void **p, struct dentry *dentry,
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
if (di->lease_session && di->lease_session->s_mds == mds)
force = 1;
+ parent = dget(dentry->d_parent);
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
- ret = ceph_encode_inode_release(p, dir, mds, drop, unless, force);
+ ret = ceph_encode_inode_release(p, d_inode(parent), mds, drop,
+ unless, force);
+ dput(parent);
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
if (ret && di->lease_session && di->lease_session->s_mds == mds) {
Accessing d_parent requires some sort of locking or it could vanish out from under us. Since we take the d_lock anyway, use that to fetch d_parent and take a reference to it, and then use that reference to call ceph_encode_inode_release. Link: http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/18148 Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> --- fs/ceph/caps.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)