Can you try the patch below? That just moves the file_accessed call before the I/O, similar to how we handle timestamp updates on the write side. generic_file_read_iter will also need a similar update. -- 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