Enable multigrain timestamps, which should ensure that there is an
apparent change to the timestamp whenever it has been written after
being actively observed via getattr.
For ext4, we only need to enable the FS_MGTIME flag.
Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # documentation bits
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/super.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index e72145c4ae5a..a125d9435b8a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -7298,7 +7298,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext4_fs_type = {
.init_fs_context = ext4_init_fs_context,
.parameters = ext4_param_specs,
.kill_sb = ext4_kill_sb,
- .fs_flags = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
+ .fs_flags = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP | FS_MGTIME,
};
MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext4");
--
2.46.2
