--- linux-2.4-xfs-20010723/linux/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c	Thu Jul 12 18:33:21 2001
+++ linux/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c	Tue Jul 24 19:03:33 2001
@@ -818,6 +818,11 @@
 	nfsd_nr_verified++;
 	if (fhp->fh_handle.fh_fileid_type == 255)
 		return nfserr_opnotsupp;
+
+/* fix for broken nfs clients */
+if (inode && fhp->fh_handle.fh_size < NFS_FHSIZE)
+fhp->fh_handle.fh_size = NFS_FHSIZE;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -849,6 +854,11 @@
 		fhp->fh_handle.fh_size = (datap-fhp->fh_handle.fh_auth+1)*4;
 	}
 out:
+
+/* fix for broken nfs clients */
+if (fhp->fh_handle.fh_size < NFS_FHSIZE)
+fhp->fh_handle.fh_size = NFS_FHSIZE; 
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_bad: