Make nfs_readdir revalidate only when we're at the beginning of the directory or if the cached attributes have expired. Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index f23f455..8b83fa9 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir) nfs_readdir_descriptor_t my_desc, *desc = &my_desc; struct nfs_open_dir_context *dir_ctx = filp->private_data; - int res; + int res = 0; dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: readdir(%s/%s) starting at cookie %llu\n", dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name, @@ -828,7 +828,8 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir) desc->plus = nfs_use_readdirplus(inode, filp) ? 1 : 0; nfs_block_sillyrename(dentry); - res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping); + if (filp->f_pos == 0 || nfs_attribute_cache_expired(inode)) + res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping); if (res < 0) goto out; -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html