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-rw-r--r--fs/nfsd/export.c6
1 files 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;