On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 07:39:48PM -0400, Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote: ... > /* > + * Determine if the lower inode objects have changed from below the unionfs > + * inode. Return 1 if changed, 0 otherwise. > + */ > +bool is_newer_lower(const struct dentry *dentry) > +{ > + int bindex; > + struct inode *inode; > + struct inode *lower_inode; > + > + /* ignore if we're called on semi-initialized dentries/inodes */ > + if (!dentry || !UNIONFS_D(dentry)) > + return false; > + inode = dentry->d_inode; > + if (!inode || !UNIONFS_I(inode) || > + ibstart(inode) < 0 || ibend(inode) < 0) > + return false; > + > + for (bindex = ibstart(inode); bindex <= ibend(inode); bindex++) { > + lower_inode = unionfs_lower_inode_idx(inode, bindex); > + if (!lower_inode) > + continue; > + /* > + * We may want to apply other tests to determine if the > + * lower inode's data has changed, but checking for changed > + * ctime and mtime on the lower inode should be enough. > + */ > + if (timespec_compare(&inode->i_mtime, > + &lower_inode->i_mtime) < 0) { > + printk("unionfs: new lower inode mtime " > + "(bindex=%d, name=%s)\n", bindex, > + dentry->d_name.name); > + return true; /* mtime changed! */ > + } > + if (timespec_compare(&inode->i_ctime, > + &lower_inode->i_ctime) < 0) { > + printk("unionfs: new lower inode ctime " > + "(bindex=%d, name=%s)\n", bindex, > + dentry->d_name.name); > + return true; /* ctime changed! */ > + } > + } > + return true; /* default: lower is not newer */ This was a thinko, it should have returned false. I'll send an updated patch for completeness. Josef 'Jeff' Sipek. -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html