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 ++--
 kernel/src/filesystem/dentry.cpp            | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'kernel')

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;
diff --git a/kernel/src/filesystem/dentry.cpp b/kernel/src/filesystem/dentry.cpp
index 3d8e01a..01de276 100644
--- a/kernel/src/filesystem/dentry.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/filesystem/dentry.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
     return m_inode;
   }
 
-  auto dentry::parent() const -> kstd::shared_ptr<dentry> const &
+  auto dentry::parent() const -> kstd::shared_ptr<dentry>
   {
-    return m_parent;
+    return m_parent.lock();
   }
 
   auto dentry::name() const -> std::string_view
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
   {
     kstd::string path = m_name;
 
-    auto parent = m_parent;
+    auto parent = this->parent();
     while (parent)
     {
       auto parent_name = parent->m_name;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
         path = parent_name + "/" + path;
       }
 
-      parent = parent->m_parent;
+      parent = parent->parent();
     }
 
     return path;
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