execute_ok() will only check the mode bits if the object is not a directory, so we don't need to revalidate the attributes in that case. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index e7bc68fcbdf4..f0e39583af7e 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -2500,6 +2500,8 @@ static int nfs_execute_ok(struct inode *inode, int mask) struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode); int ret = 0; + if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) + return 0; if (nfs_check_cache_invalid(inode, NFS_INO_INVALID_OTHER)) { if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) return -ECHILD; -- 2.17.1 -- 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