FAILED: patch "[PATCH] NFSv4: nfs_atomic_open() can race when looking up a" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 1751fc1db36f6f411709e143d5393f92d12137a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 18:24:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] NFSv4: nfs_atomic_open() can race when looking up a
 non-regular file

If the file type changes back to being a regular file on the server
between the failed OPEN and our LOOKUP, then we need to re-run the OPEN.

Fixes: 0dd2b474d0b6 ("nfs: implement i_op->atomic_open()")
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 408c3bb549b1..5df75ed09268 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1999,12 +1999,17 @@ int nfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		if ((lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) && inode &&
 		    !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 			res = ERR_PTR(-ENOTDIR);
+		else if (inode && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+			res = ERR_PTR(-EOPENSTALE);
 	} else if (!IS_ERR(res)) {
 		inode = d_inode(res);
 		if ((lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) && inode &&
 		    !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 			dput(res);
 			res = ERR_PTR(-ENOTDIR);
+		} else if (inode && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+			dput(res);
+			res = ERR_PTR(-EOPENSTALE);
 		}
 	}
 	if (switched) {