[SRU][P/N/J:linux-azure][PATCH 0/1] Backport fix for Linux SMB directory contents caching

John Cabaj john.cabaj at canonical.com
Thu Sep 25 16:26:02 UTC 2025


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2125686

SRU Justification

[Impact]

* Microsoft requested patch to improve the SMB directory lease perf benefits for SMB client.

[Fix]

* Plucky: clean cherry-pick upstream 72dd7961a4bb: "smb: improve directory cache reuse for readdir operations"
* Noble: clean cherry-pick upstream 72dd7961a4bb: "smb: improve directory cache reuse for readdir operations"
* Jammy: clean cherry-pick upstream 72dd7961a4bb: "smb: improve directory cache reuse for readdir operations"

[Test Plan]

* Compile tested
* Microsoft to test

[Regression potential]

* Changes are localized to SMB. Possible regressions could result in unexpected behavior of SMB driver.

[Other info]

* SF#00418846

Bharath SM (1):
  smb: improve directory cache reuse for readdir operations

 fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h |  8 ++++----
 fs/smb/client/readdir.c    | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

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