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-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/link.c10
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index 190bf0eb71b0..2ec6037f61c7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -592,11 +592,7 @@ cifs_hardlink(struct dentry *old_file, struct inode *inode,
spin_lock(&old_file->d_inode->i_lock);
inc_nlink(old_file->d_inode);
spin_unlock(&old_file->d_inode->i_lock);
- /*
- * BB should we make this contingent on superblock flag
- * NOATIME?
- */
- /* old_file->d_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; */
+
/*
* parent dir timestamps will update from srv within a
* second, would it really be worth it to set the parent
@@ -606,7 +602,9 @@ cifs_hardlink(struct dentry *old_file, struct inode *inode,
}
/*
* if not oplocked will force revalidate to get info on source
- * file from srv
+ * file from srv. Note Samba server prior to 4.2 has bug -
+ * not updating src file ctime on hardlinks but Windows servers
+ * handle it properly
*/
cifsInode->time = 0;