What does Kernel error "NFS: Buggy server - nlink ==0" on RHEL 5 mean?

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Issue

Server reboot after messages content as below

Jul 22 11:02:26 HOSTNAME kernel: NFS: Buggy server - nlink == 0! 
Jul 22 11:15:51 HOSTNAME kernel: NFS: Buggy server - nlink == 0! 
Jul 22 11:28:32 HOSTNAME kernel: NFS: Buggy server - nlink == 0! 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • NFS

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