3.5.7.18 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> commit 6658b9f70ebca5fc0795b1d6d733996af1e2caa7 upstream. Certain servers may not set the NumberOfLinks field in query file/path info responses. In such a case, cifs_inode_needs_reval() assumes that all regular files are hardlinks and triggers revalidation, leading to excessive and unnecessary network traffic. This change hardcodes cf_nlink (and subsequently i_nlink) when not returned by the server, similar to what already occurs in cifs_mkdir(). Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> [ luis: backported to 3.5: - replaced cifs_dbg() by cFYI() ] Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/inode.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c index 6fbfbdb..293226e 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/inode.c +++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c @@ -549,6 +549,11 @@ cifs_all_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_fattr *fattr, FILE_ALL_INFO *info, fattr->cf_mode &= ~(S_IWUGO); fattr->cf_nlink = le32_to_cpu(info->NumberOfLinks); + if (fattr->cf_nlink < 1) { + cFYI(1, "replacing bogus file nlink value %u\n", + fattr->cf_nlink); + fattr->cf_nlink = 1; + } } fattr->cf_uid = cifs_sb->mnt_uid; -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html