the readdir can technically wait a bit on a spinlock, but that should never wait for long enough to return EAGAIN -- just set the capability flag on directories f_mode Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/libfs.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c index 89cf614a3271..a3c7e42d90a7 100644 --- a/fs/libfs.c +++ b/fs/libfs.c @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_lookup); int dcache_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { file->private_data = d_alloc_cursor(file->f_path.dentry); + file->f_mode |= FMODE_NOWAIT; return file->private_data ? 0 : -ENOMEM; } -- 2.39.2