Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (57 commits)
  tidy the trailing symlinks traversal up
  Turn resolution of trailing symlinks iterative everywhere
  simplify link_path_walk() tail
  Make trailing symlink resolution in path_lookupat() iterative
  update nd->inode in __do_follow_link() instead of after do_follow_link()
  pull handling of one pathname component into a helper
  fs: allow AT_EMPTY_PATH in linkat(), limit that to CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
  Allow passing O_PATH descriptors via SCM_RIGHTS datagrams
  readlinkat(), fchownat() and fstatat() with empty relative pathnames
  Allow O_PATH for symlinks
  New kind of open files - "location only".
  ext4: Copy fs UUID to superblock
  ext3: Copy fs UUID to superblock.
  vfs: Export file system uuid via /proc/<pid>/mountinfo
  unistd.h: Add new syscalls numbers to asm-generic
  x86: Add new syscalls for x86_64
  x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32
  fs: Remove i_nlink check from file system link callback
  fs: Don't allow to create hardlink for deleted file
  vfs: Add open by file handle support
  ...

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 14f64b689d7f..7217d67a80a6 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -522,24 +522,6 @@ static int ubifs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&dir->i_mutex));
 	ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex));
 
-	/*
-	 * Return -ENOENT if we've raced with unlink and i_nlink is 0.  Doing
-	 * otherwise has the potential to corrupt the orphan inode list.
-	 *
-	 * Indeed, consider a scenario when 'vfs_link(dirA/fileA)' and
-	 * 'vfs_unlink(dirA/fileA, dirB/fileB)' race. 'vfs_link()' does not
-	 * lock 'dirA->i_mutex', so this is possible. Both of the functions
-	 * lock 'fileA->i_mutex' though. Suppose 'vfs_unlink()' wins, and takes
-	 * 'fileA->i_mutex' mutex first. Suppose 'fileA->i_nlink' is 1. In this
-	 * case 'ubifs_unlink()' will drop the last reference, and put 'inodeA'
-	 * to the list of orphans. After this, 'vfs_link()' will link
-	 * 'dirB/fileB' to 'inodeA'. This is a problem because, for example,
-	 * the subsequent 'vfs_unlink(dirB/fileB)' will add the same inode
-	 * to the list of orphans.
-	 */
-	 if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
-		 return -ENOENT;
-
 	err = dbg_check_synced_i_size(inode);
 	if (err)
 		return err;