-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Trond Myklebust 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 Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Cc: Chuck Ebbert Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 3 ++- fs/nfs/inode.c | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -1659,7 +1659,8 @@ 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); --- a/fs/nfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c @@ -334,8 +334,10 @@ nfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struc 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 */ -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/