From: Kevin Coffman <kwc@citi.umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 07:35:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: linux-revalidate-root-always-good-20020502
X-Git-Tag: openafs-devel_1_3_3~139
X-Git-Url: https://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7147cc946bead75eee909ea1134bc542c0b09c4f

linux-revalidate-root-always-good-20020502


avoid ESTALE in 2.4.19-pre7
---

diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index 4c2fd2e..9bb463b 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -825,6 +825,13 @@ static int afs_linux_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dp)
     if (!vcp || !parentvcp)
         goto done;
 
+    /* If it is the AFS root, then there's no chance it needs 
+       revalidating */
+    if (vcp == afs_globalVp) {
+	bad_dentry = 0;
+	goto done;
+    }
+
     if (code = afs_InitReq(&treq, credp))
         goto done;