Without this, an attempt to open a device special file without first stat'ing it will fail. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c index 90c6aa6..cc8eb8d 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c @@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ nfsd_mode_check(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, umode_t mode, int type) return nfserr_notdir; else if ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) return nfserr_isdir; + /* + * err_symlink is our catch-all error in the v4 case; this + * looks odd, but: + * - the comment next to ERR_SYMLINK in file is + * "should be file/directory" + * - we happen to know this will cause the linux v4 + * client to do the right thing on attempts to open + * something other than a regular file: + */ + else if (rqstp->rq_vers == 4) + return nfserr_symlink; else return nfserr_inval; } -- 1.7.4.1 -- 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
