If the server config (e.g. Samba smb.conf "csc policy = disable) for the share indicates that the share should not be cached, log a warning message in the Linux kernel client if forced client side caching ("cache=ro" or "cache=singleclient") was requested on mount. Signed-off-by: Steve French --- fs/cifs/connect.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index d9a995588c74..85f8d943a05a 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -3478,6 +3478,14 @@ cifs_get_tcon(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct smb_vol *volume_info) tcon->use_resilient = true; } + /* If the user really knows what they are doing they can override */ + if (tcon->share_flags & SMB2_SHAREFLAG_NO_CACHING) { + if (volume_info->cache_ro) + cifs_dbg(VFS, "cache=ro requested on mount but NO_CACHING flag set on share\n"); + else if (volume_info->cache_rw) + cifs_dbg(VFS, "cache=singleclient requested on mount but NO_CACHING flag set on share\n"); + } + /* * We can have only one retry value for a connection to a share so for * resources mounted more than once to the same server share the last -- Thanks, Steve