ext4: Limit number of links that can be created by ext4_link()
In ext4_link we need to check using EXT4_LINK_MAX, and not
EXT4_DIR_LINK_MAX(), since ext4_link() is creating hard links of
regular files, and not directories.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index ba91bd0..f27c816 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@
struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
int err, retries = 0;
- if (EXT4_DIR_LINK_MAX(inode))
+ if (inode->i_nlink >= EXT4_LINK_MAX)
return -EMLINK;
/*