return written;
 }
 
+static loff_t cifs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+{
+       /* origin == SEEK_END => we must revalidate the cached file length */
+       if (origin == 2) {
+               int retval = cifs_revalidate(file->f_dentry);
+               if (retval < 0)
+                       return (loff_t)retval;
+       }
+       return remote_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+}
+
 static struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type = {
        .owner = THIS_MODULE,
        .name = "cifs",
        .flush = cifs_flush,
        .mmap  = cifs_file_mmap,
        .sendfile = generic_file_sendfile,
+       .llseek = cifs_llseek,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX
        .ioctl  = cifs_ioctl,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX
        .ioctl  = cifs_ioctl,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
-
+       .llseek = cifs_llseek,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
        .dir_notify = cifs_dir_notify,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
        .flush = cifs_flush,
        .mmap  = cifs_file_mmap,
        .sendfile = generic_file_sendfile,
+       .llseek = cifs_llseek,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX
        .ioctl  = cifs_ioctl,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX
        .ioctl  = cifs_ioctl,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
-
+       .llseek = cifs_llseek,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
        .dir_notify = cifs_dir_notify,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 
                open_file =  find_writable_file(cifsInode);
  
        if(open_file) {
+               struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
+
                /* there is not actually a write pending so let
                this handle go free and allow it to
                be closable if needed */
                atomic_dec(&open_file->wrtPending);
+
+               cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(cifsInode->vfs_inode.i_sb);
+               if ( cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_DIRECT_IO ) {
+                       /* since no page cache to corrupt on directio 
+                       we can change size safely */
+                       return 1;
+               }
+
                return 0;
        } else
                return 1;