Unfortunately, BUG_ON(IS_ROOT(dentry)) can happen inside
nfs_follow_mountpoint with NFS running Fedora 8 using a
specific setup.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458622
So, the situation should be handled on NFS client gracefully.
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <[email protected]>
CC: Trond Myklebust <[email protected]>
CC: J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]>
---
fs/nfs/namespace.c | 5 ++++-
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 66df08d..4f11c13 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ static void * nfs_follow_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
dprintk("--> nfs_follow_mountpoint()\n");
- BUG_ON(IS_ROOT(dentry));
+ err = -ESTALE;
+ if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
+ goto out_err;
+
dprintk("%s: enter\n", __func__);
dput(nd->path.dentry);
nd->path.dentry = dget(dentry);
--
1.5.6.4