From: "Kendrick M. Smith" Subject: patch 31/38: SERVER: allow type==0 in nfsd_unlink() Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:09:49 -0400 (EDT) Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from donkeykong.gpcc.itd.umich.edu ([141.211.2.163]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17eknP-0008OZ-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:09:51 -0700 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: If nfsd_unlink() is called with @type equal to 0, then let it do the right thing regardless of the type of the file being unlinked. This is needed for the NFSv4 REMOVE operation, which works for any type of file, even directories. --- old/fs/nfsd/vfs.c Tue Jul 30 23:28:23 2002 +++ new/fs/nfsd/vfs.c Tue Jul 30 23:59:38 2002 @@ -1329,6 +1329,9 @@ nfsd_unlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, stru goto out; } + if (!type) + type = rdentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFMT; + if (type != S_IFDIR) { /* It's UNLINK */ #ifdef MSNFS if ((fhp->fh_export->ex_flags & NFSEXP_MSNFS) && ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs