1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index cf18ee765590..e3fda978f481 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1762,8 +1762,18 @@ cifs_setattr_unix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
                                         CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
         }
 
-        if (!rc)
+        if (!rc) {
                 rc = inode_setattr(inode, attrs);
+
+                /* force revalidate when any of these times are set since some
+                   of the fs types (eg ext3, fat) do not have fine enough
+                   time granularity to match protocol, and we do not have a
+                   a way (yet) to query the server fs's time granularity (and
+                   whether it rounds times down).
+                */
+                if (!rc && (attrs->ia_valid & (ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_CTIME)))
+                        cifsInode->time = 0;
+        }
 out:
         kfree(args);
         kfree(full_path);