[linux-cifs-client] RE: updated patch for cifs for SLES

Vince Negri (ASL) vnegri at asl-electronics.co.uk
Thu Apr 21 12:13:44 GMT 2005


Looks ok to me Steve - I agree with the change to ignore
non-file inodes.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve French [SMTP:smfrench at austin.rr.com]
> Sent:	Monday, April 18, 2005 6:03 PM
> 
> 
> Dave/Vince,
> I fixed the cifs caching bug you pointed out.  A similar
> change also had to be made to cifs's unix_fill_in_inode (for the Samba
> etc. server path as well) - and I modified the patch
> to not invalidate the inode pages on new cifs inodes
> or non-file inodes to make it less invasive and likely a bit faster.
> 
> Please double check the patch.
> 
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