--- /dev/null
+From 6658b9f70ebca5fc0795b1d6d733996af1e2caa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 14:38:48 -0500
+Subject: CIFS use sensible file nlink values if unprovided
+
+From: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
+
+commit 6658b9f70ebca5fc0795b1d6d733996af1e2caa7 upstream.
+
+Certain servers may not set the NumberOfLinks field in query file/path
+info responses. In such a case, cifs_inode_needs_reval() assumes that
+all regular files are hardlinks and triggers revalidation, leading to
+excessive and unnecessary network traffic.
+
+This change hardcodes cf_nlink (and subsequently i_nlink) when not
+returned by the server, similar to what already occurs in cifs_mkdir().
+
+Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de>
+Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ fs/cifs/inode.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
++++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
+@@ -549,6 +549,11 @@ cifs_all_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_fattr
+ fattr->cf_mode &= ~(S_IWUGO);
+
+ fattr->cf_nlink = le32_to_cpu(info->NumberOfLinks);
++ if (fattr->cf_nlink < 1) {
++ cFYI(1, "replacing bogus file nlink value %u\n",
++ fattr->cf_nlink);
++ fattr->cf_nlink = 1;
++ }
+ }
+
+ fattr->cf_uid = cifs_sb->mnt_uid;