[CIFS] Readdir fixes to allow search to start at arbitrary position

in directory

Also includes first part of fix to compensate for servers which forget
to return . and .. as well as updates to changelog and cifs readme.

Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
index 8a2de038882e..1a27ecb46c9a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES
+++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 Version 1.42
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 Fix slow oplock break when mounted to different servers at the same time and
-the tids match and we try to find matching fid on wrong server.
+the tids match and we try to find matching fid on wrong server. Fix read
+looping when signing required by server (2.6.16 kernel only). Fix readdir
+vs. rename race which could cause each to hang. Return . and .. even
+if server does not.  Allow searches to skip first three entries and
+begin at any location. Fix oops in find_writeable_file.
 
 Version 1.41
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