Message ID | 20220812144233.132960-3-bingjingc@synology.com (mailing list archive) |
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State | New, archived |
Headers | show |
Series | btrfs: send: fix failures when processing inodes with no links | expand |
On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 3:43 PM bingjingc <bingjingc@synology.com> wrote: > > From: BingJing Chang <bingjingc@synology.com> > > There is a bug causing send failures when processing an orphan directory > with no links. In commit 46b2f4590aab ("Btrfs: fix send failure when root > has deleted files still open")', the orphan inode issue was addressed. The > send operation fails with a ENOENT error because of any attempts to > generate a path for the inode with a link count of zero. Therefore, in that > patch, sctx->ignore_cur_inode was introduced to be set if the current inode > has a link count of zero for bypassing some unnecessary steps. And a helper > function btrfs_unlink_all_paths() was introduced and called to clean up old > paths found in the parent snapshot. However, not only regular files but > also directories can be orphan inodes. So if the send operation meets an > orphan directory, it will issue a wrong unlink command for that directory > now. Soon the receive operation fails with a EISDIR error. Besides, the > send operation also fails with a ENOENT error later when it tries to > generate a path of it. > > Similar example but making an orphan dir for an incremental send: > > $ btrfs subvolume create vol > $ mkdir vol/dir > $ touch vol/dir/foo > > $ btrfs subvolume snapshot -r vol snap1 > $ btrfs subvolume snapshot -r vol snap2 > > # Turn the second snapshot to RW mode and delete the whole dir while > # holding an open file descriptor on it. > $ btrfs property set snap2 ro false > $ exec 73<snap2/dir > $ rm -rf snap2/dir > > # Set the second snapshot back to RO mode and do an incremental send. > $ btrfs property set snap2 ro true > $ mkdir receive_dir > $ btrfs send snap2 -p snap1 | btrfs receive receive_dir/ > At subvol snap2 > At snapshot snap2 > ERROR: send ioctl failed with -2: No such file or directory > ERROR: unlink dir failed. Is a directory > > Actually, orphan inodes are more common use cases in cascading backups. > (Please see the illustration below.) In a cascading backup, a user wants > to replicate a couple of snapshots from Machine A to Machine B and from > Machine B to Machine C. Machine B doesn't take any RO snapshots for > sending. All a receiver does is create an RW snapshot of its parent > snapshot, apply the send stream and turn it into RO mode at the end. Even > if all paths of some inodes are deleted in applying the send stream, these > inodes would not be deleted and become orphans after changing the subvolume > from RW to RO. Moreover, orphan inodes can occur not only in send snapshots > but also in parent snapshots because Machine B may do a batch replication > of a couple of snapshots. > > An illustration for cascading backups: > Machine A (snapshot {1..n}) --> Machine B --> Machine C > > The intuition to solve the problem is to delete all the items of orphan > inodes before using these snapshots for sending. I used to think that the > reasonable timing for doing that is during the ioctl of changing the > subvolume from RW to RO because it sounds good that we will not modify the > fs tree of a RO snapshot anymore. However, attempting to do the orphan > cleanup in the ioctl would be pointless. Because if someone is holding an > open file descriptor on the inode, the reference count of the inode will > never drop to 0. Then iput() cannot trigger eviction, which finally deletes > all the items of it. So we try to extend the original patch to handle > orphans in send/parent snapshots. Here are several cases that need to be > considered: > > Case 1: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW > | send snapshot | action > -------------------------------- > nlink | 0 | ignore > > In case 1, when we get a BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW tree comparison result, > it means that a new inode is found in the send snapshot and it doesn't > appear in the parent snapshot. Since this inode has a link count of zero > (It's an orphan and there're no paths for it.), we can leverage > sctx->ignore_cur_inode in the original patch to prevent it from being > created. > > Case 2: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_DELETED > | parent snapshot | action > ---------------------------------- > nlink | 0 | as usual > > In case 2, when we get a BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_DELETED tree comparison > result, it means that the inode only appears in the parent snapshot. > As usual, the send operation will try to delete all its paths. However, > this inode has a link count of zero, so no paths of it will be found. No > deletion operations will be issued. We don't need to change any logic. > > Case 3: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED > | | parent snapshot | send snapshot | action > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > subcase 1 | nlink | 0 | 0 | ignore > subcase 2 | nlink | >0 | 0 | new_gen(deletion) > subcase 3 | nlink | 0 | >0 | new_gen(creation) > > In case 3, when we get a BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED tree comparison result, > it means that the inode appears in both snapshots. Here're three subcases. > > First, if the inode has link counts of zero in both snapshots. Since there > are no paths for this inode in (source/destination) parent snapshots and we > don't care about whether there is also an orphan inode in destination or > not, we can set sctx->ignore_cur_inode on to prevent it from being created. > > For the second and the third subcases, if there're paths in one snapshot > and there're no paths in the other snapshot for this inode. We can treat > this inode as a new generation. We can also leverage the logic handling a > new generation of an inode with small adjustments. Then it will delete all > old paths and create a new inode with new attributes and paths only when > there's a positive link count in the send snapshot. In subcase 2, the > send operation only needs to delete all old paths as in the parent > snapshot. But it may require more operations for a directory to remove its > old paths. If a not-empty directory is going to be deleted (because it has > a link count of zero in the send snapshot) but there're files/directories > with bigger inode numbers under it, the send operation will need to rename > it to its orphan name first. After processing and deleting the last item > under this directory, the send operation will check this directory, aka > the parent directory of the last item, again and issue a rmdir operation > to remove it finally. Therefore, we also need to treat inodes with a link > count of zero as if they didn't exist in get_cur_inode_state(), which is > used in process_recorded_refs(). By doing this, when reviewing a directory > with orphan names after the last item under it has been deleted, the send > operation now can properly issue a rmdir operation. Otherwise, without > doing this, the orphan directory with an orphan name would be kept here > at the end due to the existing inode with a link count of zero being found. > In subcase 3, as in case 2, no old paths would be found, so no deletion > operations will be issued. The send operation will only create a new one > for that inode. > > Note that subcase 3 is not a common case. That's because it's easy to > reduce the hard links of an inode, but once all valid paths are removed, > there're no valid paths for creating other hard links. The only way to do > that is trying to send an older snapshot after a newer snapshot has been > sent. > > Fixes: 31db9f7c23fbf7 ("Btrfs: introduce BTRFS_IOC_SEND for btrfs send/receive") > Reviewed-by: Robbie Ko <robbieko@synology.com> > Signed-off-by: BingJing Chang <bingjingc@synology.com> Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com> Looks good now, thanks! > --- > fs/btrfs/send.c | 214 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- > 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+), 129 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c > index f8d77a33b9b7..6ab1ba66ff4b 100644 > --- a/fs/btrfs/send.c > +++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c > @@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ struct btrfs_inode_info { > u64 gid; > u64 rdev; > u64 attr; > + u64 nlink; > }; > > /* > @@ -888,6 +889,7 @@ static int get_inode_info(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 ino, > info->uid = btrfs_inode_uid(path->nodes[0], ii); > info->gid = btrfs_inode_gid(path->nodes[0], ii); > info->rdev = btrfs_inode_rdev(path->nodes[0], ii); > + info->nlink = btrfs_inode_nlink(path->nodes[0], ii); > /* > * Transfer the unchanged u64 value of btrfs_inode_item::flags, that's > * otherwise logically split to 32/32 parts. > @@ -1652,19 +1654,22 @@ static int get_cur_inode_state(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 ino, u64 gen) > int right_ret; > u64 left_gen; > u64 right_gen; > + struct btrfs_inode_info info; > > - ret = get_inode_gen(sctx->send_root, ino, &left_gen); > + ret = get_inode_info(sctx->send_root, ino, &info); > if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT) > goto out; > - left_ret = ret; > + left_ret = (info.nlink == 0) ? -ENOENT : ret; > + left_gen = info.gen; > > if (!sctx->parent_root) { > right_ret = -ENOENT; > } else { > - ret = get_inode_gen(sctx->parent_root, ino, &right_gen); > + ret = get_inode_info(sctx->parent_root, ino, &info); > if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT) > goto out; > - right_ret = ret; > + right_ret = (info.nlink == 0) ? -ENOENT : ret; > + right_gen = info.gen; > } > > if (!left_ret && !right_ret) { > @@ -6413,86 +6418,6 @@ static int finish_inode_if_needed(struct send_ctx *sctx, int at_end) > return ret; > } > > -struct parent_paths_ctx { > - struct list_head *refs; > - struct send_ctx *sctx; > -}; > - > -static int record_parent_ref(int num, u64 dir, int index, struct fs_path *name, > - void *ctx) > -{ > - struct parent_paths_ctx *ppctx = ctx; > - > - /* > - * Pass 0 as the generation for the directory, we don't care about it > - * here as we have no new references to add, we just want to delete all > - * references for an inode. > - */ > - return record_ref_in_tree(&ppctx->sctx->rbtree_deleted_refs, ppctx->refs, > - name, dir, 0, ppctx->sctx); > -} > - > -/* > - * Issue unlink operations for all paths of the current inode found in the > - * parent snapshot. > - */ > -static int btrfs_unlink_all_paths(struct send_ctx *sctx) > -{ > - LIST_HEAD(deleted_refs); > - struct btrfs_path *path; > - struct btrfs_root *root = sctx->parent_root; > - struct btrfs_key key; > - struct btrfs_key found_key; > - struct parent_paths_ctx ctx; > - int iter_ret = 0; > - int ret; > - > - path = alloc_path_for_send(); > - if (!path) > - return -ENOMEM; > - > - key.objectid = sctx->cur_ino; > - key.type = BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY; > - key.offset = 0; > - > - ctx.refs = &deleted_refs; > - ctx.sctx = sctx; > - > - btrfs_for_each_slot(root, &key, &found_key, path, iter_ret) { > - if (found_key.objectid != key.objectid) > - break; > - if (found_key.type != key.type && > - found_key.type != BTRFS_INODE_EXTREF_KEY) > - break; > - > - ret = iterate_inode_ref(root, path, &found_key, 1, > - record_parent_ref, &ctx); > - if (ret < 0) > - goto out; > - } > - /* Catch error found during iteration */ > - if (iter_ret < 0) { > - ret = iter_ret; > - goto out; > - } > - > - while (!list_empty(&deleted_refs)) { > - struct recorded_ref *ref; > - > - ref = list_first_entry(&deleted_refs, struct recorded_ref, list); > - ret = send_unlink(sctx, ref->full_path); > - if (ret < 0) > - goto out; > - recorded_ref_free(ref); > - } > - ret = 0; > -out: > - btrfs_free_path(path); > - if (ret) > - __free_recorded_refs(&deleted_refs); > - return ret; > -} > - > static void close_current_inode(struct send_ctx *sctx) > { > u64 i_size; > @@ -6583,25 +6508,37 @@ static int changed_inode(struct send_ctx *sctx, > * file descriptor against it or turning a RO snapshot into RW mode, > * keep an open file descriptor against a file, delete it and then > * turn the snapshot back to RO mode before using it for a send > - * operation. So if we find such cases, ignore the inode and all its > - * items completely if it's a new inode, or if it's a changed inode > - * make sure all its previous paths (from the parent snapshot) are all > - * unlinked and all other the inode items are ignored. > + * operation. The former is what the receiver operation does. > + * Therefore, if we want to send these snapshots soon after they're > + * received, we need to handle orphan inodes as well. Moreover, > + * orphans can appear not only in the send snapshot but also in the > + * parent snapshot. Here are several cases: > + * > + * Case 1: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW > + * | send snapshot | action > + * -------------------------------- > + * nlink | 0 | ignore > + * > + * Case 2: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_DELETED > + * | parent snapshot | action > + * ---------------------------------- > + * nlink | 0 | as usual > + * Note: No unlinks will be sent because there're no paths for it. > + * > + * Case 3: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED > + * | | parent snapshot | send snapshot | action > + * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > + * subcase 1 | nlink | 0 | 0 | ignore > + * subcase 2 | nlink | >0 | 0 | new_gen(deletion) > + * subcase 3 | nlink | 0 | >0 | new_gen(creation) > + * > */ > - if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW || > - result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED) { > - u32 nlinks; > - > - nlinks = btrfs_inode_nlink(sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii); > - if (nlinks == 0) { > + if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW) { > + if (btrfs_inode_nlink(sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii) == > + 0) { > sctx->ignore_cur_inode = true; > - if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED) > - ret = btrfs_unlink_all_paths(sctx); > goto out; > } > - } > - > - if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW) { > sctx->cur_inode_gen = left_gen; > sctx->cur_inode_new = true; > sctx->cur_inode_deleted = false; > @@ -6622,6 +6559,18 @@ static int changed_inode(struct send_ctx *sctx, > sctx->cur_inode_mode = btrfs_inode_mode( > sctx->right_path->nodes[0], right_ii); > } else if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED) { > + u32 new_nlinks, old_nlinks; > + > + new_nlinks = btrfs_inode_nlink(sctx->left_path->nodes[0], > + left_ii); > + old_nlinks = btrfs_inode_nlink(sctx->right_path->nodes[0], > + right_ii); > + if (new_nlinks == 0 && old_nlinks == 0) { > + sctx->ignore_cur_inode = true; > + goto out; > + } else if (new_nlinks == 0 || old_nlinks == 0) { > + sctx->cur_inode_new_gen = 1; > + } > /* > * We need to do some special handling in case the inode was > * reported as changed with a changed generation number. This > @@ -6648,38 +6597,45 @@ static int changed_inode(struct send_ctx *sctx, > /* > * Now process the inode as if it was new. > */ > - sctx->cur_inode_gen = left_gen; > - sctx->cur_inode_new = true; > - sctx->cur_inode_deleted = false; > - sctx->cur_inode_size = btrfs_inode_size( > - sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii); > - sctx->cur_inode_mode = btrfs_inode_mode( > - sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii); > - sctx->cur_inode_rdev = btrfs_inode_rdev( > - sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii); > - ret = send_create_inode_if_needed(sctx); > - if (ret < 0) > - goto out; > + if (new_nlinks > 0) { > + sctx->cur_inode_gen = left_gen; > + sctx->cur_inode_new = true; > + sctx->cur_inode_deleted = false; > + sctx->cur_inode_size = btrfs_inode_size( > + sctx->left_path->nodes[0], > + left_ii); > + sctx->cur_inode_mode = btrfs_inode_mode( > + sctx->left_path->nodes[0], > + left_ii); > + sctx->cur_inode_rdev = btrfs_inode_rdev( > + sctx->left_path->nodes[0], > + left_ii); > + ret = send_create_inode_if_needed(sctx); > + if (ret < 0) > + goto out; > > - ret = process_all_refs(sctx, BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW); > - if (ret < 0) > - goto out; > - /* > - * Advance send_progress now as we did not get into > - * process_recorded_refs_if_needed in the new_gen case. > - */ > - sctx->send_progress = sctx->cur_ino + 1; > + ret = process_all_refs(sctx, > + BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW); > + if (ret < 0) > + goto out; > + /* > + * Advance send_progress now as we did not get > + * into process_recorded_refs_if_needed in the > + * new_gen case. > + */ > + sctx->send_progress = sctx->cur_ino + 1; > > - /* > - * Now process all extents and xattrs of the inode as if > - * they were all new. > - */ > - ret = process_all_extents(sctx); > - if (ret < 0) > - goto out; > - ret = process_all_new_xattrs(sctx); > - if (ret < 0) > - goto out; > + /* > + * Now process all extents and xattrs of the > + * inode as if they were all new. > + */ > + ret = process_all_extents(sctx); > + if (ret < 0) > + goto out; > + ret = process_all_new_xattrs(sctx); > + if (ret < 0) > + goto out; > + } > } else { > sctx->cur_inode_gen = left_gen; > sctx->cur_inode_new = false; > -- > 2.37.1 >
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c index f8d77a33b9b7..6ab1ba66ff4b 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/send.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c @@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ struct btrfs_inode_info { u64 gid; u64 rdev; u64 attr; + u64 nlink; }; /* @@ -888,6 +889,7 @@ static int get_inode_info(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 ino, info->uid = btrfs_inode_uid(path->nodes[0], ii); info->gid = btrfs_inode_gid(path->nodes[0], ii); info->rdev = btrfs_inode_rdev(path->nodes[0], ii); + info->nlink = btrfs_inode_nlink(path->nodes[0], ii); /* * Transfer the unchanged u64 value of btrfs_inode_item::flags, that's * otherwise logically split to 32/32 parts. @@ -1652,19 +1654,22 @@ static int get_cur_inode_state(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 ino, u64 gen) int right_ret; u64 left_gen; u64 right_gen; + struct btrfs_inode_info info; - ret = get_inode_gen(sctx->send_root, ino, &left_gen); + ret = get_inode_info(sctx->send_root, ino, &info); if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT) goto out; - left_ret = ret; + left_ret = (info.nlink == 0) ? -ENOENT : ret; + left_gen = info.gen; if (!sctx->parent_root) { right_ret = -ENOENT; } else { - ret = get_inode_gen(sctx->parent_root, ino, &right_gen); + ret = get_inode_info(sctx->parent_root, ino, &info); if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT) goto out; - right_ret = ret; + right_ret = (info.nlink == 0) ? -ENOENT : ret; + right_gen = info.gen; } if (!left_ret && !right_ret) { @@ -6413,86 +6418,6 @@ static int finish_inode_if_needed(struct send_ctx *sctx, int at_end) return ret; } -struct parent_paths_ctx { - struct list_head *refs; - struct send_ctx *sctx; -}; - -static int record_parent_ref(int num, u64 dir, int index, struct fs_path *name, - void *ctx) -{ - struct parent_paths_ctx *ppctx = ctx; - - /* - * Pass 0 as the generation for the directory, we don't care about it - * here as we have no new references to add, we just want to delete all - * references for an inode. - */ - return record_ref_in_tree(&ppctx->sctx->rbtree_deleted_refs, ppctx->refs, - name, dir, 0, ppctx->sctx); -} - -/* - * Issue unlink operations for all paths of the current inode found in the - * parent snapshot. - */ -static int btrfs_unlink_all_paths(struct send_ctx *sctx) -{ - LIST_HEAD(deleted_refs); - struct btrfs_path *path; - struct btrfs_root *root = sctx->parent_root; - struct btrfs_key key; - struct btrfs_key found_key; - struct parent_paths_ctx ctx; - int iter_ret = 0; - int ret; - - path = alloc_path_for_send(); - if (!path) - return -ENOMEM; - - key.objectid = sctx->cur_ino; - key.type = BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY; - key.offset = 0; - - ctx.refs = &deleted_refs; - ctx.sctx = sctx; - - btrfs_for_each_slot(root, &key, &found_key, path, iter_ret) { - if (found_key.objectid != key.objectid) - break; - if (found_key.type != key.type && - found_key.type != BTRFS_INODE_EXTREF_KEY) - break; - - ret = iterate_inode_ref(root, path, &found_key, 1, - record_parent_ref, &ctx); - if (ret < 0) - goto out; - } - /* Catch error found during iteration */ - if (iter_ret < 0) { - ret = iter_ret; - goto out; - } - - while (!list_empty(&deleted_refs)) { - struct recorded_ref *ref; - - ref = list_first_entry(&deleted_refs, struct recorded_ref, list); - ret = send_unlink(sctx, ref->full_path); - if (ret < 0) - goto out; - recorded_ref_free(ref); - } - ret = 0; -out: - btrfs_free_path(path); - if (ret) - __free_recorded_refs(&deleted_refs); - return ret; -} - static void close_current_inode(struct send_ctx *sctx) { u64 i_size; @@ -6583,25 +6508,37 @@ static int changed_inode(struct send_ctx *sctx, * file descriptor against it or turning a RO snapshot into RW mode, * keep an open file descriptor against a file, delete it and then * turn the snapshot back to RO mode before using it for a send - * operation. So if we find such cases, ignore the inode and all its - * items completely if it's a new inode, or if it's a changed inode - * make sure all its previous paths (from the parent snapshot) are all - * unlinked and all other the inode items are ignored. + * operation. The former is what the receiver operation does. + * Therefore, if we want to send these snapshots soon after they're + * received, we need to handle orphan inodes as well. Moreover, + * orphans can appear not only in the send snapshot but also in the + * parent snapshot. Here are several cases: + * + * Case 1: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW + * | send snapshot | action + * -------------------------------- + * nlink | 0 | ignore + * + * Case 2: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_DELETED + * | parent snapshot | action + * ---------------------------------- + * nlink | 0 | as usual + * Note: No unlinks will be sent because there're no paths for it. + * + * Case 3: BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED + * | | parent snapshot | send snapshot | action + * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + * subcase 1 | nlink | 0 | 0 | ignore + * subcase 2 | nlink | >0 | 0 | new_gen(deletion) + * subcase 3 | nlink | 0 | >0 | new_gen(creation) + * */ - if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW || - result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED) { - u32 nlinks; - - nlinks = btrfs_inode_nlink(sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii); - if (nlinks == 0) { + if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW) { + if (btrfs_inode_nlink(sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii) == + 0) { sctx->ignore_cur_inode = true; - if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED) - ret = btrfs_unlink_all_paths(sctx); goto out; } - } - - if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW) { sctx->cur_inode_gen = left_gen; sctx->cur_inode_new = true; sctx->cur_inode_deleted = false; @@ -6622,6 +6559,18 @@ static int changed_inode(struct send_ctx *sctx, sctx->cur_inode_mode = btrfs_inode_mode( sctx->right_path->nodes[0], right_ii); } else if (result == BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_CHANGED) { + u32 new_nlinks, old_nlinks; + + new_nlinks = btrfs_inode_nlink(sctx->left_path->nodes[0], + left_ii); + old_nlinks = btrfs_inode_nlink(sctx->right_path->nodes[0], + right_ii); + if (new_nlinks == 0 && old_nlinks == 0) { + sctx->ignore_cur_inode = true; + goto out; + } else if (new_nlinks == 0 || old_nlinks == 0) { + sctx->cur_inode_new_gen = 1; + } /* * We need to do some special handling in case the inode was * reported as changed with a changed generation number. This @@ -6648,38 +6597,45 @@ static int changed_inode(struct send_ctx *sctx, /* * Now process the inode as if it was new. */ - sctx->cur_inode_gen = left_gen; - sctx->cur_inode_new = true; - sctx->cur_inode_deleted = false; - sctx->cur_inode_size = btrfs_inode_size( - sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii); - sctx->cur_inode_mode = btrfs_inode_mode( - sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii); - sctx->cur_inode_rdev = btrfs_inode_rdev( - sctx->left_path->nodes[0], left_ii); - ret = send_create_inode_if_needed(sctx); - if (ret < 0) - goto out; + if (new_nlinks > 0) { + sctx->cur_inode_gen = left_gen; + sctx->cur_inode_new = true; + sctx->cur_inode_deleted = false; + sctx->cur_inode_size = btrfs_inode_size( + sctx->left_path->nodes[0], + left_ii); + sctx->cur_inode_mode = btrfs_inode_mode( + sctx->left_path->nodes[0], + left_ii); + sctx->cur_inode_rdev = btrfs_inode_rdev( + sctx->left_path->nodes[0], + left_ii); + ret = send_create_inode_if_needed(sctx); + if (ret < 0) + goto out; - ret = process_all_refs(sctx, BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW); - if (ret < 0) - goto out; - /* - * Advance send_progress now as we did not get into - * process_recorded_refs_if_needed in the new_gen case. - */ - sctx->send_progress = sctx->cur_ino + 1; + ret = process_all_refs(sctx, + BTRFS_COMPARE_TREE_NEW); + if (ret < 0) + goto out; + /* + * Advance send_progress now as we did not get + * into process_recorded_refs_if_needed in the + * new_gen case. + */ + sctx->send_progress = sctx->cur_ino + 1; - /* - * Now process all extents and xattrs of the inode as if - * they were all new. - */ - ret = process_all_extents(sctx); - if (ret < 0) - goto out; - ret = process_all_new_xattrs(sctx); - if (ret < 0) - goto out; + /* + * Now process all extents and xattrs of the + * inode as if they were all new. + */ + ret = process_all_extents(sctx); + if (ret < 0) + goto out; + ret = process_all_new_xattrs(sctx); + if (ret < 0) + goto out; + } } else { sctx->cur_inode_gen = left_gen; sctx->cur_inode_new = false;