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We already have nohandlecache to disable dir cache.\n\nThis changes the meaning of dir_cache_timeout = 0 to mean unlimited\ntimeout. Shrinker-based eviction is still possible.\n\nSigned-off-by: Shyam Prasad N \n---\n fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c | 2 +-\n fs/smb/client/connect.c | 2 +-\n 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)","diff":"diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c\nindex ee5de358e27f8..79a6a4c297ee3 100644\n--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c\n+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c\n@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(cifs_max_pending, \"Simultaneous requests to server for \"\n unsigned int dir_cache_timeout = 30;\n module_param(dir_cache_timeout, uint, 0644);\n MODULE_PARM_DESC(dir_cache_timeout, \"Number of seconds to cache directory contents for which we have a lease. Default: 30 \"\n-\t\t\t\t \"Range: 1 to 65000 seconds, 0 to disable caching dir contents\");\n+\t\t\t\t \"Range: 0 to 65000 seconds. 0 disables timeout-based cleanup (cached dirs persist until explicitly invalidated).\");\n /* Module-wide total cached dirents (in bytes) across all tcons */\n atomic64_t cifs_dircache_bytes_used = ATOMIC64_INIT(0);\n static struct shrinker *cifs_dircache_shrinker;\ndiff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c\nindex 69b38f0ccf2b2..849c16c538353 100644\n--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c\n+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c\n@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ cifs_get_tcon(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)\n \n \tif (ses->server->dialect >= SMB20_PROT_ID &&\n \t (ses->server->capabilities & SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_DIRECTORY_LEASING))\n-\t\tnohandlecache = ctx->nohandlecache || !dir_cache_timeout;\n+\t\tnohandlecache = ctx->nohandlecache;\n \telse\n \t\tnohandlecache = true;\n \ttcon = tcon_info_alloc(!nohandlecache, netfs_trace_tcon_ref_new);\n","prefixes":["v3","13/19"]}