[PATCH 2/2] NFS: Make nfs_readdir revalidate less often

[Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>]

Make nfs_readdir revalidate only when we're at the beginning of the directory or
if the cached attributes have expired.

Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>
---
 fs/nfs/dir.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index d7ed697..e57703c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	nfs_readdir_descriptor_t my_desc,
 			*desc = &my_desc;
 	struct nfs_open_dir_context *dir_ctx = file->private_data;
-	int res;
+	int res = 0;
 
 	dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: readdir(%s/%s) starting at cookie %llu\n",
 			dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
@@ -828,7 +828,8 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	desc->plus = nfs_use_readdirplus(inode, ctx) ? 1 : 0;
 
 	nfs_block_sillyrename(dentry);
-	res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, file->f_mapping);
+	if (ctx->pos == 0 || nfs_attribute_cache_expired(inode))
+		res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, file->f_mapping);
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto out;
 
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