struct inode *inode;
        struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
        int rc = 0;
-
-       sb->s_flags |= MS_NODIRATIME; /* and probably even noatime */
+       
+       /* BB should we make this contingent on mount parm? */
+       sb->s_flags |= MS_NODIRATIME | MS_NOATIME;
        sb->s_fs_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cifs_sb_info),GFP_KERNEL);
        cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
        if(cifs_sb == NULL)
        cifs_inode->clientCanCacheRead = FALSE;
        cifs_inode->clientCanCacheAll = FALSE;
        cifs_inode->vfs_inode.i_blkbits = 14;  /* 2**14 = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE */
-       cifs_inode->vfs_inode.i_flags = S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
+       
+       /* Can not set i_flags here - they get immediately overwritten
+          to zero by the VFS */
+/*     cifs_inode->vfs_inode.i_flags = S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;*/
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cifs_inode->openFileList);
        return &cifs_inode->vfs_inode;
 }
 
                                (*pinode)->i_ino =
                                        (unsigned long)findData.UniqueId;
                        } /* note ino incremented to unique num in new_inode */
+                       if(sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
+                               (*pinode)->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
+                               
                        insert_inode_hash(*pinode);
                }
 
                                } else /* do we need cast or hash to ino? */
                                        (*pinode)->i_ino = inode_num;
                        } /* else ino incremented to unique num in new_inode*/
+                       if(sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
+                               (*pinode)->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
                        insert_inode_hash(*pinode);
                }
                inode = *pinode;
 
                cifsInode = CIFS_I(old_file->d_inode);
                if(rc == 0) {
                        old_file->d_inode->i_nlink++;
-                       old_file->d_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+/* BB should we make this contingent on superblock flag NOATIME? */
+/*                     old_file->d_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;*/
                        /* parent dir timestamps will update from srv
                        within a second, would it really be worth it
                        to set the parent dir cifs inode time to zero
 
                                return rc;
                        rc = 1;
                }
+               if(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
+                       (*ptmp_inode)->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
        } else {
                tmp_dentry = d_alloc(file->f_path.dentry, qstring);
                if(tmp_dentry == NULL) {
                        tmp_dentry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
                if(*ptmp_inode == NULL)
                        return rc;
+               if(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
+                       (*ptmp_inode)->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;                       
                rc = 2;
        }