1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 5cc15856e4ad..a66dcb52988c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2930,18 +2930,33 @@ void cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct smb_vol *pvolume_info,
 #define CIFS_DEFAULT_IOSIZE (1024 * 1024)
 
 /*
- * Windows only supports a max of 60k reads. Default to that when posix
- * extensions aren't in force.
+ * Windows only supports a max of 60kb reads and 65535 byte writes. Default to
+ * those values when posix extensions aren't in force. In actuality here, we
+ * use 65536 to allow for a write that is a multiple of 4k. Most servers seem
+ * to be ok with the extra byte even though Windows doesn't send writes that
+ * are that large.
+ *
+ * Citation:
+ *
+ * http://blogs.msdn.com/b/openspecification/archive/2009/04/10/smb-maximum-transmit-buffer-size-and-performance-tuning.aspx
  */
 #define CIFS_DEFAULT_NON_POSIX_RSIZE (60 * 1024)
+#define CIFS_DEFAULT_NON_POSIX_WSIZE (65536)
 
 static unsigned int
 cifs_negotiate_wsize(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, struct smb_vol *pvolume_info)
 {
         __u64 unix_cap = le64_to_cpu(tcon->fsUnixInfo.Capability);
         struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tcon->ses->server;
-        unsigned int wsize = pvolume_info->wsize ? pvolume_info->wsize :
-                                CIFS_DEFAULT_IOSIZE;
+        unsigned int wsize;
+
+        /* start with specified wsize, or default */
+        if (pvolume_info->wsize)
+                wsize = pvolume_info->wsize;
+        else if (tcon->unix_ext && (unix_cap & CIFS_UNIX_LARGE_WRITE_CAP))
+                wsize = CIFS_DEFAULT_IOSIZE;
+        else
+                wsize = CIFS_DEFAULT_NON_POSIX_WSIZE;
 
         /* can server support 24-bit write sizes? (via UNIX extensions) */
         if (!tcon->unix_ext || !(unix_cap & CIFS_UNIX_LARGE_WRITE_CAP))