RHEL 5 NFS client sometimes caches negative dentries permanently

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Sometimes, when a symlink on an NFS share is modified inside a sub-directory, the NFS client may cache a negative directory entry look-up, providing incorrect results.

Environment

  • RHEL 5 kernel 2.6.18-308
  • NFS client

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