It looks like nfs_setattr() and nfs_rename() also need to test whether the
target is a regular file before calling nfs_wb_all()...
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
         * ... prune child dentries and writebacks if needed.
         */
        if (atomic_read(&old_dentry->d_count) > 1) {
-               nfs_wb_all(old_inode);
+               if (S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode))
+                       nfs_wb_all(old_inode);
                shrink_dcache_parent(old_dentry);
        }
        nfs_inode_return_delegation(old_inode);
 
        lock_kernel();
        nfs_begin_data_update(inode);
        /* Write all dirty data */
-       filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
-       nfs_wb_all(inode);
+       if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+               filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+               nfs_wb_all(inode);
+       }
        /*
         * Return any delegations if we're going to change ACLs
         */