Currently ext3 updates ctime in ext3_splice_branch() which is called whenever
we allocate one block. But it is wasteful because ext3 doesn't support
nanosecond timestamp. This leads to a performance loss.
Signed-off-by: Kazuya Mio <k-mio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext3/inode.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 2d0afec..3c7fd63 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ static int ext3_splice_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i;
ext3_fsblk_t current_block;
struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
+ struct timespec now;
block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
/*
@@ -795,9 +796,11 @@ static int ext3_splice_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
}
/* We are done with atomic stuff, now do the rest of housekeeping */
-
- inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
- ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+ now = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+ if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &now) || !where->bh) {
+ inode->i_ctime = now;
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+ }
/* ext3_mark_inode_dirty already updated i_sync_tid */
atomic_set(&ei->i_datasync_tid, handle->h_transaction->t_tid);
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