---

yaml
---
r: 158609
b: refs/heads/master
c: 5eecfde
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  158607: 868ff0a
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 405d8f8b1d936414da2093d4149ff790ff3f84a5
+refs/heads/master: 5eecfde615894dc1c2e3f85b515a96ae2e408fb5

trunk/fs/nfs/super.c

@@ -1337,6 +1337,16 @@ static int nfs_walk_authlist(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args,
 {
 	unsigned int i, j, server_authlist_len = *(request->auth_flav_len);
 
+	/*
+	 * Certain releases of Linux's mountd return an empty
+	 * flavor list.  To prevent behavioral regression with
+	 * these servers (ie. rejecting mounts that used to
+	 * succeed), revert to pre-2.6.32 behavior (no checking)
+	 * if the returned flavor list is empty.
+	 */
+	if (server_authlist_len == 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * We avoid sophisticated negotiating here, as there are
 	 * plenty of cases where we can get it wrong, providing