linux/fs/smb
Bharath SM 72dd7961a4 smb: improve directory cache reuse for readdir operations
Currently, cached directory contents were not reused across subsequent
'ls' operations because the cache validity check relied on comparing
the ctx pointer, which changes with each readdir invocation. As a
result, the cached dir entries was not marked as valid and the cache was
not utilized for subsequent 'ls' operations.

This change uses the file pointer, which remains consistent across all
readdir calls for a given directory instance, to associate and validate
the cache. As a result, cached directory contents can now be
correctly reused, improving performance for repeated directory listings.

Performance gains with local windows SMB server:

Without the patch and default actimeo=1:
 1000 directory enumeration operations on dir with 10k files took 135.0s

With this patch and actimeo=0:
 1000 directory enumeration operations on dir with 10k files took just 5.1s

Signed-off-by: Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
History 2025-06-12 13:38:21 -05:00
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client smb: improve directory cache reuse for readdir operations 2025-06-12 13:38:21 -05:00
common smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket_parameters 2025-06-03 18:42:47 -05:00
server four smb3 server fixes 2025-06-04 19:23:37 -07:00
Kconfig smb: move client and server files to common directory fs/smb 2023-05-24 16:29:21 -05:00
Makefile smb: move client and server files to common directory fs/smb 2023-05-24 16:29:21 -05:00