Re: [PATCH] update ctime and mtime for mmaped write

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On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 18:51 +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch makes writing to shared memory mappings update st_ctime and
> st_mtime as defined by SUSv3:
> 
>    The st_ctime and st_mtime fields of a file that is mapped with
>    MAP_SHARED and PROT_WRITE shall be marked for update at some point
>    in the interval between a write reference to the mapped region and
>    the next call to msync() with MS_ASYNC or MS_SYNC for that portion
>    of the file by any process. If there is no such call and if the
>    underlying file is modified as a result of a write reference, then
>    these fields shall be marked for update at some time after the
>    write reference.
> 
> A new address_space flag is introduced: AS_CMTIME.  This is set each
> time a page is dirtied through a userspace memory mapping.  This
> includes write accesses via get_user_pages().
> 
> Note, the flag is set unconditionally, even if the page is already
> dirty.  This is important, because the page might have been dirtied
> earlier by a non-mmap write.
> 
> This flag is checked in msync() and __fput(), and if set, the file
> times are updated and the flag is cleared

Why not also check inside vfs_getattr?

Cheers
  Trond

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