Re: [PATCH-v4 1/7] vfs: split update_time() into update_time() and write_time()

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On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:23:28AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> As mentioned last round please move the addition of the is_readonly
> operation to the first thing in the series, so that the ordering makes
> more sense.

OK, will fix.

> Second I think this patch is incorrect for XFS - XFS uses ->update_time
> to set the time stampst in the dinode.  These two need to be coherent
> as we can write out a dirty inode any time, so it needs to have the
> timestamp uptodate.
> 
> Third update_time now calls mark_inode_dirty unconditionally, while
> previously it wasn't called when ->update_time was set.  At least
> for XFS that's a major change in behavior as XFS never used VFS dirty
> tracking for metadata updates.

Thanks, I'll fix both of the above.

							- Ted
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