If there were outstanding writes then chalk up the unexpected change attribute on the server to them. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/inode.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c index 52e7d6869e3b..60051e62d3f1 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c @@ -1729,12 +1729,15 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr) if (inode->i_version != fattr->change_attr) { dprintk("NFS: change_attr change on server for file %s/%ld\n", inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino); - invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR - | NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA - | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS - | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL; - if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) - nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(inode); + /* Could it be a race with writeback? */ + if (nfsi->nrequests == 0) { + invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR + | NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA + | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS + | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL; + if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) + nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(inode); + } inode->i_version = fattr->change_attr; } } else { -- 2.5.5 -- 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