From 7147cc946bead75eee909ea1134bc542c0b09c4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Coffman <kwc@citi.umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 07:35:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] linux-revalidate-root-always-good-20020502

avoid ESTALE in 2.4.19-pre7
---
 src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

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;
 
-- 
1.9.4