6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ralph Boehme <slow@xxxxxxxxx> commit 8cb0bc5436351de8a11eef13b7367d64cc0d6c68 upstream. Spares an extra revalidation request Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ralph Boehme <slow@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/smb/client/readdir.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/smb/client/readdir.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/readdir.c @@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ cifs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct inode *inode; struct super_block *sb = parent->d_sb; struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb); + bool posix = cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb)->posix_extensions; + bool reparse_need_reval = false; DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_ONSTACK(wq); int rc; @@ -85,7 +87,21 @@ cifs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, * this spares us an invalidation. */ retry: - if ((fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_REPARSE) || + if (posix) { + switch (fattr->cf_mode & S_IFMT) { + case S_IFLNK: + case S_IFBLK: + case S_IFCHR: + reparse_need_reval = true; + break; + default: + break; + } + } else if (fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_REPARSE) { + reparse_need_reval = true; + } + + if (reparse_need_reval || (fattr->cf_flags & CIFS_FATTR_NEED_REVAL)) return;