Commit ac795161c936 (NFSv4: Handle case where the lookup of a directory
fails) [1], part of Linux since 5.17-rc2, introduced a regression, where
a symbolic link on an NFS mount to a directory on another NFS does not
resolve(?) the first time it is accessed:
Reported-by: Paul Menzel <email address hidden>
Fixes: ac795161c936 ("NFSv4: Handle case where the lookup of a directory fails")
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <email address hidden>
Tested-by: Donald Buczek <email address hidden>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <email address hidden>
https:/ /git.kernel. org/pub/ scm/linux/ kernel/ git/torvalds/ linux.git/ commit/ ?id=e0caaf75d44 3e02e55e146fd75 fe2efc8aed5540
commit e0caaf75d443e02 e55e146fd75fe2e fc8aed5540
Author: Trond Myklebust <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Feb 8 13:38:23 2022 -0500
NFS: LOOKUP_DIRECTORY is also ok with symlinks
Commit ac795161c936 (NFSv4: Handle case where the lookup of a directory
fails) [1], part of Linux since 5.17-rc2, introduced a regression, where
a symbolic link on an NFS mount to a directory on another NFS does not
resolve(?) the first time it is accessed:
Reported-by: Paul Menzel <email address hidden>
Fixes: ac795161c936 ("NFSv4: Handle case where the lookup of a directory fails")
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <email address hidden>
Tested-by: Donald Buczek <email address hidden>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <email address hidden>
~/git/linux$ git describe --contains e0caaf75d443
v5.17-rc5~13^2~1