diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index e21bb46682014497b73a114a16889f557372c5d1..c1493524da4d614da928caec7abbfc845c417c0c 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
dput(ino->dentry);
dentry->d_inode->i_size = 0;
- dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
}
dput(ino->dentry);
dentry->d_inode->i_size = 0;
- dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
if (dir->i_nlink)
drop_nlink(dir);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 76b7fb34101afecf67554ee0353b24f3cdd56a0f..6b90ef98e4cfe9cdfcd224bdb0a2df202b66612f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ int cifs_rmdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
if (!rc) {
drop_nlink(inode);
i_size_write(direntry->d_inode,0);
- direntry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(direntry->d_inode);
}
cifsInode = CIFS_I(direntry->d_inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index b45c88bd5f73d23ed41661279e74004ef060e8a1..906731a20f1ae37c4f7be8999d72d7986cbabadd 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ static int ext3_rmdir (struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry)
"empty directory has nlink!=2 (%d)",
inode->i_nlink);
inode->i_version++;
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
/* There's no need to set i_disksize: the fact that i_nlink is
* zero will ensure that the right thing happens during any
* recovery. */
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index f85b2a282f130e2f0d4a5dc4d4bcfc61ed99b2f7..8605155db171359398c952d8319c551a95fb305b 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ static int fuse_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry)
/* Set nlink to zero so the inode can be cleared, if
the inode does have more links this will be
discovered at the next lookup/getattr */
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
fuse_invalidate_attr(inode);
fuse_invalidate_attr(dir);
fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(entry);
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static int fuse_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry)
err = req->out.h.error;
fuse_put_request(fc, req);
if (!err) {
- entry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(entry->d_inode);
fuse_invalidate_attr(dir);
fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(entry);
} else if (err == -EINTR)
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index cfef6ad529a7289d35f8f79590118ba43255a24d..37d681b4f2162da24cdaacd9b93e07108e041173 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int hfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
res = hfs_cat_delete(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name);
if (res)
return res;
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
hfs_delete_inode(inode);
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 99b4ed1b87d277f1270a25aaf764e9272bd5a8bd..7e309751645f1618feec1547b502a5cbf5f03032 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int hfsplus_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
} else
inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
} else
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int hfsplus_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
res = hfsplus_delete_cat(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name);
if (res)
return res;
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
hfsplus_delete_inode(inode);
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 25dd6f81eca7d3131a721577acd37a0a1b305a5c..2507e7393f3c6733ebda781bfea8be1d8459e927 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int hpfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
break;
default:
drop_nlink(dir);
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
err = 0;
}
goto out;
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ static int hpfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
int r;
if ((r = hpfs_remove_dirent(old_dir, dno, dep, &qbh, 1)) != 2) {
if ((nde = map_dirent(new_dir, hpfs_i(new_dir)->i_dno, (char *)new_name, new_len, NULL, &qbh1))) {
- new_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(new_inode);
copy_de(nde, &de);
memcpy(nde->name, new_name, new_len);
hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh1);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 8cef88170aa4b269204295cd683821bb85d0cec8..b8d16a6aa88f0c7c11f4bb741f671bba40ac51c6 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int jfs_rmdir(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry)
JFS_IP(ip)->acl.flag = 0;
/* mark the target directory as deleted */
- ip->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(ip);
mark_inode_dirty(ip);
rc = txCommit(tid, 2, &iplist[0], 0);
diff --git a/fs/msdos/namei.c b/fs/msdos/namei.c
index fa868c7559073994dcc5b599e379a9fb5efdd899..b0f01b3b0536de2dbe775a2d2d2988d255f7fba5 100644
--- a/fs/msdos/namei.c
+++ b/fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
goto out;
drop_nlink(dir);
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
fat_detach(inode);
out:
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static int msdos_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
err = fat_remove_entries(dir, &sinfo); /* and releases bh */
if (err)
goto out;
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
fat_detach(inode);
out:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 26eecb86f9b085b145c169faad6288e68a8a4417..481f8892a919489cb5705269834b0145b0d5c8f1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ static int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->rmdir(dir, &dentry->d_name);
/* Ensure the VFS deletes this inode */
if (error == 0 && dentry->d_inode != NULL)
- dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
nfs_end_data_update(dir);
unlock_kernel();
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/namei.c b/fs/qnx4/namei.c
index ad5afa4ea8f3fa975318151c2118ad754941d468..733cdf01d645365a204f57fbd83ddcdee292e608 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/namei.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int qnx4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
memset(de->di_fname, 0, sizeof de->di_fname);
de->di_mode = 0;
mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
inode_dec_link_count(dir);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index cf92e89515f2f5c6299dc9b2adc6febde8773d27..16e9cff8f15de9e2884079adb426a3f476445be8 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static int reiserfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
reiserfs_warning(inode->i_sb, "%s: empty directory has nlink "
"!= 2 (%d)", __FUNCTION__, inode->i_nlink);
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
reiserfs_update_sd(&th, inode);
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ static int reiserfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
if (new_dentry_inode) {
// adjust link number of the victim
if (S_ISDIR(new_dentry_inode->i_mode)) {
- new_dentry_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(new_dentry_inode);
} else {
drop_nlink(new_dentry_inode);
}
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index e40c95e6511734b65129517af8b0640203003c76..73163325e5ec36ba628209cc146cf808d3f94abc 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static int udf_rmdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry)
udf_warning(inode->i_sb, "udf_rmdir",
"empty directory has nlink != 2 (%d)",
inode->i_nlink);
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_size = 0;
inode_dec_link_count(inode);
inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_fs_time(dir->i_sb);
diff --git a/fs/vfat/namei.c b/fs/vfat/namei.c
index 5846ba2d5d9f3d78e3634ae6adda17dc114bd714..edb711ff7b05781b624b310dcf7b360f2c683745 100644
--- a/fs/vfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
goto out;
drop_nlink(dir);
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
fat_detach(inode);
out:
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static int vfat_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
err = fat_remove_entries(dir, &sinfo); /* and releases bh */
if (err)
goto out;
- inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ clear_nlink(inode);
inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
fat_detach(inode);
out:
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6a5267da565f2c57177a84061092cb9a472ca8ce..3493d2828f7d78bae7f395b0dde007087171af75 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1235,6 +1235,11 @@ static inline void drop_nlink(struct inode *inode)
inode->i_nlink--;
}
+static inline void clear_nlink(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ inode->i_nlink = 0;
+}
+
static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
{
drop_nlink(inode);