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The default value is 16.\n\nThis change allows setting this option to a special value of 0,\nwhich means unlimited number of cached dirs. Shrinker can still\nevict the cached dirs.\n\nSigned-off-by: Shyam Prasad N \n---\n fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c | 2 +-\n fs/smb/client/fs_context.c | 10 +++++-----\n 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)","diff":"diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c\nindex 7cfbe50db66f5..863b8d666ea95 100644\n--- a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c\n+++ b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c\n@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ static struct cached_fid *find_or_create_cached_dir(struct cached_fids *cfids,\n \tif (lookup_only) {\n \t\treturn NULL;\n \t}\n-\tif (cfids->num_entries >= max_cached_dirs) {\n+\tif (max_cached_dirs && cfids->num_entries >= max_cached_dirs) {\n \t\treturn NULL;\n \t}\n \tcfid = init_cached_dir(path);\ndiff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c\nindex a46764c247107..3eff94df70d45 100644\n--- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c\n+++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c\n@@ -1493,12 +1493,12 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,\n \t\tctx->max_channels = result.uint_32;\n \t\tbreak;\n \tcase Opt_max_cached_dirs:\n-\t\tif (result.uint_32 < 1) {\n-\t\t\tcifs_errorf(fc, \"%s: Invalid max_cached_dirs, needs to be 1 or more\\n\",\n-\t\t\t\t __func__);\n-\t\t\tgoto cifs_parse_mount_err;\n+\t\tif (result.uint_32 > 0) {\n+\t\t\tctx->max_cached_dirs = result.uint_32;\n+\t\t} else {\n+\t\t\t/* 0 means unlimited */\n+\t\t\tctx->max_cached_dirs = 0;\n \t\t}\n-\t\tctx->max_cached_dirs = result.uint_32;\n \t\tbreak;\n \tcase Opt_handletimeout:\n \t\tctx->handle_timeout = result.uint_32;\n","prefixes":["v4","14/19"]}