From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> A zero value for the layout barrier indicates that it has been cleared (since seqid '0' is an illegal value), so we should always allow it to be updated. Fixes: d29b468da4f9 ("pNFS/NFSv4: Improve rejection of out-of-order layouts") Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/pnfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c index ef14ea0b6ab8..4e69e4e6c416 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static bool pnfs_seqid_is_newer(u32 s1, u32 s2) static void pnfs_barrier_update(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo, u32 newseq) { - if (pnfs_seqid_is_newer(newseq, lo->plh_barrier)) + if (pnfs_seqid_is_newer(newseq, lo->plh_barrier) || !lo->plh_barrier) lo->plh_barrier = newseq; } -- 2.31.1