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authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2007-01-13 02:28:11 -0500
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2007-02-03 15:35:05 -0800
commitfaebf4e2bb0efad9dda396ea13d5c6ad15d7d7fb (patch)
tree7e0d0af02aa188b508af18c59dddbec81ecc5da7 /fs/nfs/getroot.c
parentc79ba787c11e767ffaf8d723923afda99ba6c63c (diff)
downloadlinux-faebf4e2bb0efad9dda396ea13d5c6ad15d7d7fb.tar.gz
NFSv4: Don't require that NFSv4 mount paths begin with '/'
Addresses the regression noted in
  http://bugzilla.linux-nfs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134

Also mark a couple of other regressions as requiring fixing.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/nfs/getroot.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/getroot.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfs/getroot.c b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
index 8391bd7a83ce..6ef268f7c300 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/getroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
@@ -135,17 +135,15 @@ int nfs4_path_walk(struct nfs_server *server,
 	struct nfs_fh lastfh;
 	struct qstr name;
 	int ret;
-	//int referral_count = 0;
 
 	dprintk("--> nfs4_path_walk(,,%s)\n", path);
 
 	fsinfo.fattr = &fattr;
 	nfs_fattr_init(&fattr);
 
-	if (*path++ != '/') {
-		dprintk("nfs4_get_root: Path does not begin with a slash\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	/* Eat leading slashes */
+	while (*path == '/')
+		path++;
 
 	/* Start by getting the root filehandle from the server */
 	ret = server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->getroot(server, mntfh, &fsinfo);
@@ -160,6 +158,7 @@ int nfs4_path_walk(struct nfs_server *server,
 		return -ENOTDIR;
 	}
 
+	/* FIXME: It is quite valid for the server to return a referral here */
 	if (fattr.valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_V4_REFERRAL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "nfs4_get_root:"
 		       " getroot obtained referral\n");
@@ -187,6 +186,7 @@ eat_dot_dir:
 		goto eat_dot_dir;
 	}
 
+	/* FIXME: Why shouldn't the user be able to use ".." in the path? */
 	if (path[0] == '.' && path[1] == '.' && (path[2] == '/' || !path[2])
 	    ) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "nfs4_get_root:"
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ eat_dot_dir:
 		return -ENOTDIR;
 	}
 
+	/* FIXME: Referrals are quite valid here too */
 	if (fattr.valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_V4_REFERRAL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "nfs4_get_root:"
 		       " lookupfh obtained referral\n");