X-Git-Url: https://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fafs%2FLINUX%2Fosi_vnodeops.c;h=481ce87847f88301118bc91ac4089fc396f9d063;hp=62abc471d8efb7895ecbb685e4f2f6a9ec45cc9b;hb=89aeb71a3e23c944f58cfa9572e9eae4d2130d37;hpb=e597b879677d023165298adadfb88db031883ff4

diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index 62abc47..481ce87 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -1390,9 +1390,17 @@ afs_dentry_automount(afs_linux_path_t *path)
 {
     struct dentry *target;
 
-    /* avoid symlink resolution limits when resolving; we cannot contribute to
-     * an infinite symlink loop */
+    /* 
+     * Avoid symlink resolution limits when resolving; we cannot contribute to
+     * an infinite symlink loop.
+     *
+     * On newer kernels the field has moved to the private nameidata structure
+     * so we can't adjust it here.  This may cause ELOOP when using a path with
+     * 40 or more directories that are not already in the dentry cache.
+     */
+#if defined(STRUCT_TASK_STRUCT_HAS_TOTAL_LINK_COUNT)
     current->total_link_count--;
+#endif
 
     target = canonical_dentry(path->dentry->d_inode);