While doing some testing with this patch I found
a hole in one of the return paths...

diff -u linux-2.4/fs/nfs/dir.c linux-2.4/fs/nfs/dir.c
--- linux-2.4/fs/nfs/dir.c      2003-09-30 10:34:46.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4/fs/nfs/dir.c      2003-09-29 20:36:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@
        nfs_renew_times(dentry);
  out_valid:
        unlock_kernel();
+       nfs_dirop_free(fhandle, fattr);
        return 1;
  out_bad:
        NFS_CACHEINV(dir);


Attached is the updated patch...

SteveD.