3 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
index 6c73f020ef40..8b55e56cf1fe 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES
+++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.37
+------------
+Fix readdir caching when unlink removes file in current search buffer,
+and this is followed by a rewind search to just before the deleted entry.
+
 Version 1.36
 ------------
 Add support for mounting to older pre-CIFS servers such as Windows9x and ME.
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index bb3404a99e5f..0f6d352ab813 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@ extern ssize_t	cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 extern ssize_t  cifs_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 extern int cifs_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filep,
                        unsigned int command, unsigned long arg);
-#define CIFS_VERSION   "1.36"
+#define CIFS_VERSION   "1.37"
 #endif                          /* _CIFSFS_H */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index a1e8dc901de4..a86bd1c07602 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ ffirst_retry:
 
         rc = CIFSFindFirst(xid, pTcon,full_path,cifs_sb->local_nls,
                 &cifsFile->netfid, &cifsFile->srch_inf,
-                cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR, CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb));
+                cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
+                        CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR, CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb));
         if(rc == 0)
                 cifsFile->invalidHandle = FALSE;
         if((rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) && 
@@ -513,6 +514,30 @@ static int cifs_entry_is_dot(char *current_entry, struct cifsFileInfo *cfile)
         return rc;
 }
 
+/* Check if directory that we are searching has changed so we can decide
+   whether we can use the cached search results from the previous search */
+static int is_dir_changed(struct file * file)
+{
+        struct inode * inode;
+        struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsInfo;
+
+        if(file->f_dentry == NULL)
+                return 0;
+
+        inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+
+        if(inode == NULL)
+                return 0;
+
+        cifsInfo = CIFS_I(inode);
+
+        if(cifsInfo->time == 0)
+                return 1; /* directory was changed, perhaps due to unlink */
+        else
+                return 0;
+
+}
+
 /* find the corresponding entry in the search */
 /* Note that the SMB server returns search entries for . and .. which
    complicates logic here if we choose to parse for them and we do not
@@ -529,7 +554,8 @@ static int find_cifs_entry(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon,
         struct cifsFileInfo * cifsFile = file->private_data;
         /* check if index in the buffer */
         
-        if((cifsFile == NULL) || (ppCurrentEntry == NULL) || (num_to_ret == NULL))
+        if((cifsFile == NULL) || (ppCurrentEntry == NULL) || 
+           (num_to_ret == NULL))
                 return -ENOENT;
         
         *ppCurrentEntry = NULL;
@@ -537,7 +563,9 @@ static int find_cifs_entry(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon,
                 cifsFile->srch_inf.index_of_last_entry - 
                         cifsFile->srch_inf.entries_in_buffer;
 /*      dump_cifs_file_struct(file, "In fce ");*/
-        if(index_to_find < first_entry_in_buffer) {
+        if(((index_to_find < cifsFile->srch_inf.index_of_last_entry) && 
+             is_dir_changed(file)) || 
+           (index_to_find < first_entry_in_buffer)) {
                 /* close and restart search */
                 cFYI(1,("search backing up - close and restart search"));
                 cifsFile->invalidHandle = TRUE;
@@ -604,7 +632,7 @@ static int find_cifs_entry(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon,
         }
 
         if(pos_in_buf >= cifsFile->srch_inf.entries_in_buffer) {
-                cFYI(1,("can not return entries when pos_in_buf beyond last entry"));
+                cFYI(1,("can not return entries pos_in_buf beyond last entry"));
                 *num_to_ret = 0;
         } else
                 *num_to_ret = cifsFile->srch_inf.entries_in_buffer - pos_in_buf;
@@ -833,7 +861,6 @@ int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir)
         if(pTcon == NULL)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-
         switch ((int) file->f_pos) {
         case 0:
                 /*if (filldir(direntry, ".", 1, file->f_pos,