4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 22783155f4bf956c346a81624ec9258930a6fe06 upstream. Fixes problem pointed out by Pavel in discussions about commit 729c0c9dd55204f0c9a823ac8a7bfa83d36c7e78 Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <pshilov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.18.x+ Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/link.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/cifs/link.c +++ b/fs/cifs/link.c @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ smb3_query_mf_symlink(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_io_parms io_parms; int buf_type = CIFS_NO_BUFFER; __le16 *utf16_path; - __u8 oplock = SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_II; + __u8 oplock = SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_NONE; struct smb2_file_all_info *pfile_info = NULL; oparms.tcon = tcon; @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ smb3_create_mf_symlink(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_io_parms io_parms; int create_options = CREATE_NOT_DIR; __le16 *utf16_path; - __u8 oplock = SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_EXCLUSIVE; + __u8 oplock = SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_NONE; struct kvec iov[2]; if (backup_cred(cifs_sb))