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. 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: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/namespace.c | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c index d398775..64a288e 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c @@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ static void * nfs_follow_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) 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
