I have started to see this failure with some regularity: [cel@morisot xfstests]$ sudo ./check -nfs generic/426 FSTYP -- nfs PLATFORM -- Linux/x86_64 morisot 6.0.0-rc1-00001-g2d8cdadac0d6 #132 SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 21 19:30:12 EDT 2022 generic/426 2s ... - output mismatch (see /home/cel/src/xfstests/results//generic/426.out.bad) --- tests/generic/426.out 2018-03-10 11:11:33.483657919 -0500 +++ /home/cel/src/xfstests/results//generic/426.out.bad 2022-08-25 13:40:01.174779476 -0400 @@ -1,5 +1,3077 @@ QA output created by 426 test_file_handles TEST_DIR/426-dir -d test_file_handles TEST_DIR/426-dir +open_by_handle(/mnt/426-dir/file000000) returned 116 incorrectly on a linked file! +open_by_handle(/mnt/426-dir/file000001) returned 116 incorrectly on a linked file! +open_by_handle(/mnt/426-dir/file000002) returned 116 incorrectly on a linked file! +open_by_handle(/mnt/426-dir/file000003) returned 116 incorrectly on a linked file! ... (Run 'diff -u /home/cel/src/xfstests/tests/generic/426.out /home/cel/src/xfstests/results//generic/426.out.bad' to see the entire diff) Ran: generic/426 Failures: generic/426 Failed 1 of 1 tests [cel@morisot xfstests]$ 116 is ESTALE. During this test (on NFSv4.0) the client sends an OPEN(CLAIM_NULL) with a name of "/" (confirmed via network capture). The Linux NFS server rejects this OPEN with NFS4ERR_BADNAME due to a check in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c::check_filename(). -- Chuck Lever