diff -urN linux-2.1.82/fs/inode.c linux/fs/inode.c
--- linux-2.1.82/fs/inode.c	Sat Jan 17 06:24:09 1998
+++ linux/fs/inode.c	Sat Jan 31 11:27:22 1998
@@ -759,3 +759,12 @@
 	}
 	return 1; /* Tis' cool bro. */
 }
+
+void update_atime (struct inode *inode)
+{
+    if ( IS_NOATIME (inode) ) return;
+    if ( IS_NODIRATIME (inode) && S_ISDIR (inode->i_mode) ) return;
+    if ( IS_RDONLY (inode) ) return;
+    inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME;
+    mark_inode_dirty (inode);
+}   /*  End Function update_atime  */
diff -urN linux-2.1.82/fs/super.c linux/fs/super.c
--- linux-2.1.82/fs/super.c	Thu Jan 22 09:29:34 1998
+++ linux/fs/super.c	Tue Jan 27 12:05:16 1998
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@
 	{ MS_SYNCHRONOUS, ",sync" },
 	{ MS_MANDLOCK, ",mand" },
 	{ MS_NOATIME, ",noatime" },
+	{ MS_NODIRATIME, ",nodiratime" },
 #ifdef MS_NOSUB			/* Can't find this except in mount.c */
 	{ MS_NOSUB, ",nosub" },
 #endif
diff -urN linux-2.1.82/include/linux/fs.h linux/include/linux/fs.h
--- linux-2.1.82/include/linux/fs.h	Sat Jan 24 12:18:35 1998
+++ linux/include/linux/fs.h	Sat Jan 31 11:28:32 1998
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/bitops.h>
@@ -90,11 +91,12 @@
 #define S_APPEND	256	/* Append-only file */
 #define S_IMMUTABLE	512	/* Immutable file */
 #define MS_NOATIME	1024	/* Do not update access times. */
+#define MS_NODIRATIME   2048    /* Do not update directory access times */
 
 /*
  * Flags that can be altered by MS_REMOUNT
  */
-#define MS_RMT_MASK (MS_RDONLY|MS_NOSUID|MS_NODEV|MS_NOEXEC|MS_SYNCHRONOUS|MS_MANDLOCK|MS_NOATIME)
+#define MS_RMT_MASK (MS_RDONLY|MS_NOSUID|MS_NODEV|MS_NOEXEC|MS_SYNCHRONOUS|MS_MANDLOCK|MS_NOATIME|MS_NODIRATIME)
 
 /*
  * Magic mount flag number. Has to be or-ed to the flag values.
@@ -121,12 +123,10 @@
 #define IS_APPEND(inode) ((inode)->i_flags & S_APPEND)
 #define IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) ((inode)->i_flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
 #define IS_NOATIME(inode) ((inode)->i_flags & MS_NOATIME)
+#define IS_NODIRATIME(inode) ((inode)->i_flags & MS_NODIRATIME)
 
-#define UPDATE_ATIME(inode) \
-	if (!IS_NOATIME(inode) && !IS_RDONLY(inode)) { \
-		inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME; \
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode); \
-	}
+extern void update_atime (struct inode *inode);
+#define UPDATE_ATIME(inode) update_atime (inode)
 
 /* the read-only stuff doesn't really belong here, but any other place is
    probably as bad and I don't want to create yet another include file. */
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@
 #define ATTR_FLAG_NOATIME	2 	/* Don't update atime */
 #define ATTR_FLAG_APPEND	4 	/* Append-only file */
 #define ATTR_FLAG_IMMUTABLE	8 	/* Immutable file */
+#define ATTR_FLAG_NODIRATIME	16 	/* Don't update atime for directory */
 
 #include <linux/quota.h>