From dcfb1f3eb161c1e096626894667dfd2248893f7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Morgner <felix.morgner@ost.ch>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:28:55 +0200
Subject: kernel/vfs: fix reference cycle for dentries

---
 kernel/include/kernel/filesystem/dentry.hpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'kernel/include')

diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/filesystem/dentry.hpp b/kernel/include/kernel/filesystem/dentry.hpp
index 478596a..096a6bb 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/filesystem/dentry.hpp
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/filesystem/dentry.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
     @brief Get the parent dentry.
     @return A reference to the parent dentry.
     */
-    [[nodiscard]] auto parent() const -> kstd::shared_ptr<dentry> const &;
+    [[nodiscard]] auto parent() const -> kstd::shared_ptr<dentry>;
 
     /**
     @brief Get the name of the dentry.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
 
   private:
     kstd::string m_name;
-    kstd::shared_ptr<dentry> m_parent;
+    kstd::weak_ptr<dentry> m_parent;
     kstd::vector<kstd::shared_ptr<dentry>> m_children;
     kstd::shared_ptr<inode> m_inode;
     uint32_t m_flags;
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