On Wed 21-06-23 10:45:06, Jeff Layton wrote: > struct timespec64 has unused bits in the tv_nsec field that can be used > for other purposes. In future patches, we're going to change how the > inode->i_ctime is accessed in certain inodes in order to make use of > them. In order to do that safely though, we'll need to eradicate raw > accesses of the inode->i_ctime field from the kernel. > > Add new accessor functions for the ctime that we can use to replace them. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> Looks good to me. Feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Honza > --- > fs/inode.c | 16 ++++++++++++++ > include/linux/fs.h | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c > index d37fad91c8da..c005e7328fbb 100644 > --- a/fs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/inode.c > @@ -2499,6 +2499,22 @@ struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_time); > > +/** > + * inode_ctime_set_current - set the ctime to current_time > + * @inode: inode > + * > + * Set the inode->i_ctime to the current value for the inode. Returns > + * the current value that was assigned to i_ctime. > + */ > +struct timespec64 inode_ctime_set_current(struct inode *inode) > +{ > + struct timespec64 now = current_time(inode); > + > + inode_set_ctime(inode, now); > + return now; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_ctime_set_current); > + > /** > * in_group_or_capable - check whether caller is CAP_FSETID privileged > * @idmap: idmap of the mount @inode was found from > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h > index 6867512907d6..9afb30606373 100644 > --- a/include/linux/fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h > @@ -1474,7 +1474,58 @@ static inline bool fsuidgid_has_mapping(struct super_block *sb, > kgid_has_mapping(fs_userns, kgid); > } > > -extern struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode); > +struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode); > +struct timespec64 inode_ctime_set_current(struct inode *inode); > + > +/** > + * inode_ctime_peek - fetch the current ctime from the inode > + * @inode: inode from which to fetch ctime > + * > + * Grab the current ctime from the inode and return it. > + */ > +static inline struct timespec64 inode_ctime_peek(const struct inode *inode) > +{ > + return inode->i_ctime; > +} > + > +/** > + * inode_ctime_set - set the ctime in the inode to the given value > + * @inode: inode in which to set the ctime > + * @ts: timespec value to set the ctime > + * > + * Set the ctime in @inode to @ts. > + */ > +static inline struct timespec64 inode_ctime_set(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 ts) > +{ > + inode->i_ctime = ts; > + return ts; > +} > + > +/** > + * inode_ctime_set_sec - set only the tv_sec field in the inode ctime > + * @inode: inode in which to set the ctime > + * @sec: value to set the tv_sec field > + * > + * Set the sec field in the ctime. Returns @sec. > + */ > +static inline time64_t inode_ctime_set_sec(struct inode *inode, time64_t sec) > +{ > + inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = sec; > + return sec; > +} > + > +/** > + * inode_ctime_set_nsec - set only the tv_nsec field in the inode ctime > + * @inode: inode in which to set the ctime > + * @nsec: value to set the tv_nsec field > + * > + * Set the nsec field in the ctime. Returns @nsec. > + */ > +static inline long inode_ctime_set_nsec(struct inode *inode, long nsec) > +{ > + inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = nsec; > + return nsec; > +} > > /* > * Snapshotting support. > -- > 2.41.0 > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR