/*
* Attempt to flush data before changing attributes. We need to do
- * this for ATTR_SIZE and ATTR_MTIME for sure, and if we change the
- * ownership or mode then we may also need to do this. Here, we take
- * the safe way out and just do the flush on all setattr requests. If
- * the flush returns error, store it to report later and continue.
+ * this for ATTR_SIZE and ATTR_MTIME. If the flush of the data
+ * returns error, store it to report later and continue.
*
* BB: This should be smarter. Why bother flushing pages that
* will be truncated anyway? Also, should we error out here if
- * the flush returns error?
+ * the flush returns error? Do we need to check for ATTR_MTIME_SET flag?
*/
- rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
- if (is_interrupt_error(rc)) {
- rc = -ERESTARTSYS;
- goto cifs_setattr_exit;
+ if (attrs->ia_valid & (ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_CTIME)) {
+ rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+ if (is_interrupt_error(rc)) {
+ rc = -ERESTARTSYS;
+ goto cifs_setattr_exit;
+ }
+ mapping_set_error(inode->i_mapping, rc);
}
- mapping_set_error(inode->i_mapping, rc);
rc = 0;
- if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) {
+ if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) &&
+ !(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NOSSYNC)) {
rc = cifs_get_writable_file(cifsInode, FIND_WR_ANY, &wfile);
if (!rc) {
tcon = tlink_tcon(wfile->tlink);