If the NFS_ATTR_FATTR_TYPE field isn't set in fattr->valid, then we should not set the S_IFMT part of inode->i_mode. Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/inode.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c index faa0918..f141bde 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c @@ -1261,8 +1261,10 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr) if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_MODE) { if ((inode->i_mode & S_IALLUGO) != (fattr->mode & S_IALLUGO)) { + umode_t newmode = inode->i_mode & S_IFMT; + newmode |= fattr->mode & S_IALLUGO; + inode->i_mode = newmode; invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL; - inode->i_mode = fattr->mode; } } else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_MODE) invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR -- 1.6.6 -- 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