The description of this flag says "Don't sync attributes with the server". In other words: always use the attributes cached in the kernel and don't send network or local messages to refresh the attributes. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ron Minnich <rminnich@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/9p/vfs_inode.c | 4 +++- fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c index 2a5de610dd8f..0a7063f12c0b 100644 --- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c @@ -1065,7 +1065,9 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat, p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry); v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry); - if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) { + + if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE || + (flags & AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC)) { generic_fillattr(d_inode(dentry), stat); return 0; } diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c index 70f9887c59a9..92bf43981a0d 100644 --- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c @@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat, p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry); v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry); - if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) { + if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE || + (flags & AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC)) { generic_fillattr(d_inode(dentry), stat); return 0; } -- 2.5.5