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-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/readdir.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index ab8778469394..69d2c826a23b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ cifs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
return;
}
+ /*
+ * If we know that the inode will need to be revalidated immediately,
+ * then don't create a new dentry for it. We'll end up doing an on
+ * the wire call either way and this spares us an invalidation.
+ */
+ if (fattr->cf_flags & CIFS_FATTR_NEED_REVAL)
+ return;
+
dentry = d_alloc(parent, name);
if (!dentry)
return;