diff -Nau /home/stevef/linux-2.6/fs/cifs/file.c /home/stevef/virtfs-2.6/fs/cifs/file.c
--- /home/stevef/linux-2.6/fs/cifs/file.c	2007-04-02 13:55:36.000000000 -0500
+++ /home/stevef/virtfs-2.6/fs/cifs/file.c	2007-04-02 13:48:29.000000000 -0500
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@
 	int disposition = FILE_OPEN;
 	__u16 netfid;
 
-	if (inode == NULL)
-		return -EBADF;
 	if (file->private_data) {
 		pCifsFile = (struct cifsFileInfo *)file->private_data;
 	} else
@@ -367,12 +365,6 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (file->f_path.dentry == NULL) {
-		up(&pCifsFile->fh_sem);
-		cFYI(1, ("failed file reopen, no valid name if dentry freed"));
-		FreeXid(xid);
-		return -EBADF;
-	}
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
 /* can not grab rename sem here because various ops, including
@@ -784,6 +776,7 @@
 ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
 	size_t write_size, loff_t *poffset)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	int rc = 0;
 	unsigned int bytes_written = 0;
 	unsigned int total_written;
@@ -831,11 +824,6 @@
 					return -EBADF;
 			}
 			if (open_file->invalidHandle) {
-				if ((file->f_path.dentry == NULL) ||
-				    (file->f_path.dentry->d_inode == NULL)) {
-					FreeXid(xid);
-					return total_written;
-				}
 				/* we could deadlock if we called
 				   filemap_fdatawait from here so tell
 				   reopen_file not to flush data to server
@@ -868,21 +856,18 @@
 
 	cifs_stats_bytes_written(pTcon, total_written);
 
-	/* since the write may have blocked check these pointers again */
-	if ((file->f_path.dentry) && (file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)) {
-		struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 /* Do not update local mtime - server will set its actual value on write		
  *		inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = 
  * 			current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);*/
-		if (total_written > 0) {
-			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-			if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)
-				i_size_write(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode,
-					*poffset);
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		}
-		mark_inode_dirty_sync(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);	
+	if (total_written > 0) {
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)
+			i_size_write(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode,
+				*poffset);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}
+	mark_inode_dirty_sync(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+
 	FreeXid(xid);
 	return total_written;
 }
@@ -988,19 +973,17 @@
 	cifs_stats_bytes_written(pTcon, total_written);
 
 	/* since the write may have blocked check these pointers again */
-	if ((file->f_path.dentry) && (file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)) {
 /*BB We could make this contingent on superblock ATIME flag too */
-/*		file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ctime =
-		file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;*/
-		if (total_written > 0) {
-			spin_lock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_lock);
-			if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)
-				i_size_write(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode,
-					     *poffset);
-			spin_unlock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_lock);
-		}
-		mark_inode_dirty_sync(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+/*	file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ctime =
+	file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;*/
+	if (total_written > 0) {
+		spin_lock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_lock);
+		if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)
+			i_size_write(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode,
+				     *poffset);
+		spin_unlock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_lock);
 	}
+	mark_inode_dirty_sync(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 	return total_written;
 }
Common subdirectories: /home/stevef/linux-2.6/fs/cifs/.tmp_versions and /home/stevef/virtfs-2.6/fs/cifs/.tmp_versions