linux-kernel - NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs

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Date:	Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:07:28 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs_setattr()

It looks like nfs_setattr() and nfs_rename() also need to test whether the
target is a regular file before calling nfs_wb_all()...

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
---

 fs/nfs/dir.c   |    3 ++-
 fs/nfs/inode.c |    6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 92d8ec8..cd34697 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1684,7 +1684,8 @@ go_ahead:
 	 * ... prune child dentries and writebacks if needed.
 	 */
 	if (atomic_read(&old_dentry->d_count) > 1) {
-		nfs_wb_all(old_inode);
+		if (S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode))
+			nfs_wb_all(old_inode);
 		shrink_dcache_parent(old_dentry);
 	}
 	nfs_inode_return_delegation(old_inode);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 93d046c..44aa9b7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -341,8 +341,10 @@ nfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	lock_kernel();
 	nfs_begin_data_update(inode);
 	/* Write all dirty data */
-	filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
-	nfs_wb_all(inode);
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+		nfs_wb_all(inode);
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Return any delegations if we're going to change ACLs
 	 */
-
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