From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> This confuses me every time. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c index 41e34df..dadff09 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c @@ -1069,8 +1069,10 @@ _nfsd4_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, cstate->current_fh.fh_dentry, &p, count, verify->ve_bmval, rqstp, 0); - - /* this means that nfsd4_encode_fattr() ran out of space */ + /* + * If nfsd4_encode_fattr() ran out of space, assume that's because + * the attributes are longer (hence different) than those given: + */ if (status == nfserr_resource) status = nfserr_not_same; if (status) -- 1.7.9.5 -- 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