patch-2.3.25 linux/fs/inode.c

• Lines: 25
• Date: Thu Oct 28 17:30:51 1999
• Orig file: v2.3.24/linux/fs/inode.c
• Orig date: Wed Oct 27 16:34:12 1999

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.24/linux/fs/inode.c linux/fs/inode.c
@@ -518,8 +518,7 @@
 		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 		/* We released the lock, so.. */
 		old = find_inode(sb, ino, head, find_actor, opaque);
-		if (!old)
-		{
+		if (!old) {
 			list_add(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
 			list_add(&inode->i_hash, head);
 			inode->i_sb = sb;
@@ -546,7 +545,13 @@
 
 			return inode;
 		}
-		__iget(inode);
+
+		/*
+		 * Uhhuh, somebody else created the same inode under
+		 * us. Use the old inode instead of the one we just
+		 * allocated.
+		 */
+		__iget(old);
 		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 		destroy_inode(inode);
 		inode = old;