#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
 
 #include <asm/ioctls.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
        .downcall       = dummy_downcall,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Here we present a bogus "info" file to keep rpc.gssd happy. We don't expect
+ * that it will ever use this info to handle an upcall, but rpc.gssd expects
+ * that this file will be there and have a certain format.
+ */
+static int
+rpc_show_dummy_info(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+       seq_printf(m, "RPC server: %s\n", utsname()->nodename);
+       seq_printf(m, "service: foo (1) version 0\n");
+       seq_printf(m, "address: 127.0.0.1\n");
+       seq_printf(m, "protocol: tcp\n");
+       seq_printf(m, "port: 0\n");
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+rpc_dummy_info_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+       return single_open(file, rpc_show_dummy_info, NULL);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations rpc_dummy_info_operations = {
+       .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
+       .open           = rpc_dummy_info_open,
+       .read           = seq_read,
+       .llseek         = seq_lseek,
+       .release        = single_release,
+};
+
+static const struct rpc_filelist gssd_dummy_info_file[] = {
+       [0] = {
+               .name = "info",
+               .i_fop = &rpc_dummy_info_operations,
+               .mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR,
+       },
+};
+
 /**
  * rpc_gssd_dummy_populate - create a dummy gssd pipe
  * @root:      root of the rpc_pipefs filesystem
                goto out;
        }
 
+       ret = rpc_populate(clnt_dentry, gssd_dummy_info_file, 0, 1, NULL);
+       if (ret) {
+               __rpc_depopulate(gssd_dentry, gssd_dummy_clnt_dir, 0, 1);
+               pipe_dentry = ERR_PTR(ret);
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        pipe_dentry = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(clnt_dentry, "gssd", NULL, pipe_data);
-       if (IS_ERR(pipe_dentry))
+       if (IS_ERR(pipe_dentry)) {
+               __rpc_depopulate(clnt_dentry, gssd_dummy_info_file, 0, 1);
                __rpc_depopulate(gssd_dentry, gssd_dummy_clnt_dir, 0, 1);
+       }
 out:
        dput(clnt_dentry);
        dput(gssd_dentry);