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-rw-r--r--fs/nfsd/vfs.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index e85b463fac4a..a41302a00650 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -207,7 +207,12 @@ nfsd_lookup_dentry(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
goto out_nfserr;
}
} else {
- fh_lock(fhp);
+ /*
+ * In the nfsd4_open() case, this may be held across
+ * subsequent open and delegation acquisition which may
+ * need to take the child's i_mutex:
+ */
+ fh_lock_nested(fhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
dentry = lookup_one_len(name, dparent, len);
host_err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
if (IS_ERR(dentry))