The description of this flag says "Don't sync attributes with the server". In other words: always use the attributes cached in the kernel and don't send network or local messages to refresh the attributes.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]> Cc: Bob Peterson <[email protected]> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <[email protected]> --- fs/gfs2/inode.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c index 863749e29bf9..c59d36a3b724 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c @@ -1989,7 +1989,8 @@ static int gfs2_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat, int error; gfs2_holder_mark_uninitialized(&gh); - if (gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl) == NULL) { + if (!(flags & AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC) && + gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl) == NULL) { error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &gh); if (error) return error; -- 2.5.5
