From 48d2b8351bae6d40b44f544fe5540868a55872b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g@samsung.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 11:13:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] xfs: release alleged child inode on metapath unlink error

If xchk_metapath_ilock_parent_and_child() fails after xchk_iget()
succeeds, release the inode reference before returning.

Fixes: 0d2c636e489c ("xfs: repair metadata directory file path connectivity")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.13
Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
---
 fs/xfs/scrub/metapath.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/metapath.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/metapath.c
index a760523f40e6..e0ee7d9b903f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/metapath.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/metapath.c
@@ -637,6 +637,8 @@ xrep_metapath_try_unlink(
 	error = xchk_metapath_ilock_parent_and_child(mpath, ip);
 	if (error) {
 		xchk_trans_cancel(sc);
+		if (ip)
+			xchk_irele(sc, ip);
 		return error;
 	}
 	xfs_trans_ijoin(sc->tp, mpath->dp, 0);