From f2ca7153ca49a407ea1c7232c9fa7e9849f03f9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:26:19 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] nfsd: allow exports of symlinks We want to allow exports of symlinks, to allow mountd to communicate to the kernel which symlinks lead to exports, and hence which symlinks need to be visible on the pseudofilesystem. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields --- fs/nfsd/export.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c index c64d55f319bd..18ac20ffedd2 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/export.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c @@ -358,10 +358,12 @@ static struct svc_export *svc_export_lookup(struct svc_export *); static int check_export(struct inode *inode, int flags, unsigned char *uuid) { - /* We currently export only dirs and regular files. - * This is what umountd does. + /* + * We currently export only dirs, regular files, and (for v4 + * pseudoroot) symlinks. */ if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && + !S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) return -ENOTDIR; -- 2.20.1