2 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index d1411c168700..f643a9295179 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ xfs_create_tmpfile(
 	if (error)
 		goto out_trans_cancel;
 
-	error = xfs_dir_ialloc(&tp, dp, mode, 1, 0, prid, &ip);
+	error = xfs_dir_ialloc(&tp, dp, mode, 0, 0, prid, &ip);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_trans_cancel;
 
@@ -2231,11 +2231,8 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * This is called when the inode's link count goes to 0 or we are creating a
- * tmpfile via O_TMPFILE. In the case of a tmpfile, @ignore_linkcount will be
- * set to true as the link count is dropped to zero by the VFS after we've
- * created the file successfully, so we have to add it to the unlinked list
- * while the link count is non-zero.
+ * This is called when the inode's link count has gone to 0 or we are creating
+ * a tmpfile via O_TMPFILE.  The inode @ip must have nlink == 0.
  *
  * We place the on-disk inode on a list in the AGI.  It will be pulled from this
  * list when the inode is freed.
@@ -2254,6 +2251,7 @@ xfs_iunlink(
 	short			bucket_index = agino % XFS_AGI_UNLINKED_BUCKETS;
 	int			error;
 
+	ASSERT(VFS_I(ip)->i_nlink == 0);
 	ASSERT(VFS_I(ip)->i_mode != 0);
 	trace_xfs_iunlink(ip);
 
@@ -3184,11 +3182,9 @@ xfs_rename_alloc_whiteout(
 
 	/*
 	 * Prepare the tmpfile inode as if it were created through the VFS.
-	 * Otherwise, the link increment paths will complain about nlink 0->1.
-	 * Drop the link count as done by d_tmpfile(), complete the inode setup
-	 * and flag it as linkable.
+	 * Complete the inode setup and flag it as linkable.  nlink is already
+	 * zero, so we can skip the drop_nlink.
 	 */
-	drop_nlink(VFS_I(tmpfile));
 	xfs_setup_iops(tmpfile);
 	xfs_finish_inode_setup(tmpfile);
 	VFS_I(tmpfile)->i_state |= I_LINKABLE;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index f48ffd7a8d3e..1efef69a7f1c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -191,9 +191,18 @@ xfs_generic_create(
 
 	xfs_setup_iops(ip);
 
-	if (tmpfile)
+	if (tmpfile) {
+		/*
+		 * The VFS requires that any inode fed to d_tmpfile must have
+		 * nlink == 1 so that it can decrement the nlink in d_tmpfile.
+		 * However, we created the temp file with nlink == 0 because
+		 * we're not allowed to put an inode with nlink > 0 on the
+		 * unlinked list.  Therefore we have to set nlink to 1 so that
+		 * d_tmpfile can immediately set it back to zero.
+		 */
+		set_nlink(inode, 1);
 		d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
-	else
+	} else
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
 	xfs_finish_inode_setup(ip);