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Subject: 
Author: abinashsinghlalotra@gmail.com

#syz test

--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ static int ovl_cleanup_locked(struct dentry *workdir,
struct dentry *dentry)
        struct inode *dir = d_inode(workdir);
        struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);

+ /* Avoid unlinking an already unlinked inode */
+ if (inode && inode->i_nlink == 0) {
+ d_drop(dentry);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
        if (ovl_is_whiteout(dentry))
                return ovl_remove_and_whiteout(workdir, dentry, true);