From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Unfortunately, BUG_ON(IS_ROOT(dentry)) can happen inside nfs_follow_mountpoint with NFS running Fedora 8 using a specific setup. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458622 So the situation should be handled on NFS client gracefully. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/namespace.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/nfs/namespace.c~nfs-bug_on-in-nfs_follow_mountpoint fs/nfs/namespace.c --- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c~nfs-bug_on-in-nfs_follow_mountpoint +++ a/fs/nfs/namespace.c @@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ static void * nfs_follow_mountpoint(stru dprintk("--> nfs_follow_mountpoint()\n"); - BUG_ON(IS_ROOT(dentry)); + err = -ESTALE; + if (IS_ROOT(dentry)) + goto out_err; + dprintk("%s: enter\n", __func__); dput(nd->path.dentry); nd->path.dentry = dget(dentry); _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html