Found regression introduced by this patch 311324ad NFS: Be more aggressive in using readdirplus for 'ls -l' situations" # cd /bin -sh: cd: /bin: Not a directory root@192:/# pwd / root@192:/# ls /bin ls: /bin root@192:/# ls -l /bin/sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 13:59 /bin/sh -> /bin/bash the mount options of the client, an embedded system, mounting nfsroot: nfs(rw,relatime,vers=2,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,namlen=255,hard,nolock,proto=udp,timeo=11,retrans=3,sec=sys,mountaddr=192.168.xx.xx,mountvers=1,mountproto=udp,local_lock=all,addr=192.168.xx.xx) vers: 3.16.0-rc1 the server exports: /exports/rootfs 192.168.xx.xx(rw,no_root_squash,subtree_check) vers: 3.14-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.14.4-1 (2014-05-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux reverting above patch, dirlisting with 'ls /' works again /Andreas -- 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