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 e72145c4ae5a071cf4a809d0519a01a8fb84dc2d..a125d9435b8a1c8f7a96a2a0bdd9ce1b4671f8a2 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