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diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/inode.c b/libglusterfs/src/inode.c
index 373ba9beb39..b06ebe9f8a1 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/inode.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/inode.c
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ __inode_unref (inode_t *inode)
if (!inode)
return NULL;
+ /*
+ * Root inode should always be in active list of inode table. So unrefs
+ * on root inode are no-ops.
+ */
if (__is_root_gfid(inode->gfid))
return inode;
@@ -419,6 +423,18 @@ __inode_ref (inode_t *inode)
inode->table->lru_size--;
__inode_activate (inode);
}
+
+ /*
+ * Root inode should always be in active list of inode table. So unrefs
+ * on root inode are no-ops. If we do not allow unrefs but allow refs,
+ * it leads to refcount overflows and deleting and adding the inode
+ * to active-list, which is ugly. active_size (check __inode_activate)
+ * in inode table increases which is wrong. So just keep the ref
+ * count as 1 always
+ */
+ if (__is_root_gfid(inode->gfid) && inode->ref)
+ return inode;
+
inode->ref++;
return inode;