1 files changed, 8 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 53a75f3d0179..5940ecabbe6a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -134,22 +134,6 @@ out:
 	dput(dentry);
 }
 
-/*
- * Is it possible that this directory might turn out to be a DFS referral
- * once we go to try and use it?
- */
-static bool
-cifs_dfs_is_possible(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
-	struct cifs_tcon *tcon = cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb);
-
-	if (tcon->Flags & SMB_SHARE_IS_IN_DFS)
-		return true;
-#endif
-	return false;
-}
-
 static void
 cifs_fill_common_info(struct cifs_fattr *fattr, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 {
@@ -159,27 +143,19 @@ cifs_fill_common_info(struct cifs_fattr *fattr, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 	if (fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_DIRECTORY) {
 		fattr->cf_mode = S_IFDIR | cifs_sb->mnt_dir_mode;
 		fattr->cf_dtype = DT_DIR;
-		/*
-		 * Windows CIFS servers generally make DFS referrals look
-		 * like directories in FIND_* responses with the reparse
-		 * attribute flag also set (since DFS junctions are
-		 * reparse points). We must revalidate at least these
-		 * directory inodes before trying to use them (if
-		 * they are DFS we will get PATH_NOT_COVERED back
-		 * when queried directly and can then try to connect
-		 * to the DFS target)
-		 */
-		if (cifs_dfs_is_possible(cifs_sb) &&
-		    (fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_REPARSE))
-			fattr->cf_flags |= CIFS_FATTR_NEED_REVAL;
-	} else if (fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_REPARSE) {
-		fattr->cf_mode = S_IFLNK;
-		fattr->cf_dtype = DT_LNK;
 	} else {
 		fattr->cf_mode = S_IFREG | cifs_sb->mnt_file_mode;
 		fattr->cf_dtype = DT_REG;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We need to revalidate it further to make a decision about whether it
+	 * is a symbolic link, DFS referral or a reparse point with a direct
+	 * access like junctions, deduplicated files, NFS symlinks.
+	 */
+	if (fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_REPARSE)
+		fattr->cf_flags |= CIFS_FATTR_NEED_REVAL;
+
 	/* non-unix readdir doesn't provide nlink */
 	fattr->cf_flags |= CIFS_FATTR_UNKNOWN_NLINK;