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: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/coda/inode.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index 6058df380cc0..734672b2cbdc 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ static void coda_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
int coda_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
u32 request_mask, unsigned int flags)
{
- int err = coda_revalidate_inode(d_inode(path->dentry));
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (!(flags & AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC))
+ err = coda_revalidate_inode(d_inode(path->dentry));
if (!err)
generic_fillattr(d_inode(path->dentry), stat);
return err;
--
2.5.5
