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diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index a56add0..e8c143d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -840,6 +840,12 @@ int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
*
* After an operation that has changed the inode metadata, mark the
* attribute cache as being invalid, then try to update it.
+ *
+ * NB: if the server didn't return any post op attributes, this
+ * function will force the retrieval of attributes before the next
+ * NFS request. Thus it should be used only for operations that
+ * are expected to change one or more attributes, to avoid
+ * unnecessary NFS requests and trips through nfs_update_inode().
*/
int nfs_post_op_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
{
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