CIFS use sensible file nlink values if unprovided
authorSteve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
Thu, 4 Jul 2013 19:38:48 +0000 (14:38 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 22 Jul 2013 01:21:21 +0000 (18:21 -0700)
commitcfe24e4e36ec19a56bac17691f8721ac44050a6f
treeac690dbe464d5642034ab9419198a494a0841d4c
parentcb5d8be972cfbea114ea56fd63ed5ce1644863df
CIFS use sensible file nlink values if unprovided

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@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
fs/cifs/inode.c