3.6.11.7-rc1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Steve French [ Upstream commit 6658b9f70ebca5fc0795b1d6d733996af1e2caa7 ] Certain servers may not set the NumberOfLinks field in query file/path info responses. In such a case, cifs_inode_needs_reval() assumes that all regular files are hardlinks and triggers revalidation, leading to excessive and unnecessary network traffic. This change hardcodes cf_nlink (and subsequently i_nlink) when not returned by the server, similar to what already occurs in cifs_mkdir(). Cc: Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp Signed-off-by: Steve French Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- fs/cifs/inode.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c index 8808dce..4a640e3 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/inode.c +++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c @@ -545,6 +545,11 @@ cifs_all_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_fattr *fattr, FILE_ALL_INFO *info, fattr->cf_mode &= ~(S_IWUGO); fattr->cf_nlink = le32_to_cpu(info->NumberOfLinks); + if (fattr->cf_nlink < 1) { + cifserror("replacing bogus file nlink value %u\n", + fattr->cf_nlink); + fattr->cf_nlink = 1; + } } fattr->cf_uid = cifs_sb->mnt_uid; -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/