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: Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Simmons <jsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c index be665454f407..decbe5eb0c9d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c @@ -2955,14 +2955,16 @@ int ll_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat, struct ll_inode_info *lli = ll_i2info(inode); int res; - res = ll_inode_revalidate(path->dentry, + if (!(flags & AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC)) { + res = ll_inode_revalidate(path->dentry, MDS_INODELOCK_UPDATE | MDS_INODELOCK_LOOKUP); - ll_stats_ops_tally(sbi, LPROC_LL_GETATTR, 1); + ll_stats_ops_tally(sbi, LPROC_LL_GETATTR, 1); - if (res) - return res; + if (res) + return res; - OBD_FAIL_TIMEOUT(OBD_FAIL_GETATTR_DELAY, 30); + OBD_FAIL_TIMEOUT(OBD_FAIL_GETATTR_DELAY, 30); + } stat->dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev; if (ll_need_32bit_api(sbi)) -- 2.5.5