On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 6:08 PM, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This reverts commit cd91304e7190b4c4802f8e413ab2214b233e0260. > > Overlayfs no longer relies on the vfs correct atime handling. > > Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/inode.c | 21 ++++----------------- > fs/overlayfs/super.c | 3 --- > include/linux/dcache.h | 3 --- > 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c > index ef362364d396..163715de8cb2 100644 > --- a/fs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/inode.c > @@ -1570,24 +1570,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bmap); > static void update_ovl_inode_times(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, > bool rcu) > { > - struct dentry *upperdentry; > + if (!rcu) { > + struct inode *realinode = d_real_inode(dentry); > > - /* > - * Nothing to do if in rcu or if non-overlayfs > - */ > - if (rcu || likely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REAL))) > - return; > - > - upperdentry = d_real(dentry, NULL, 0, D_REAL_UPPER); > - > - /* > - * If file is on lower then we can't update atime, so no worries about > - * stale mtime/ctime. > - */ > - if (upperdentry) { > - struct inode *realinode = d_inode(upperdentry); > - > - if ((!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &realinode->i_mtime) || > + if (unlikely(inode != realinode) && > + (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &realinode->i_mtime) || > !timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &realinode->i_ctime))) { > inode->i_mtime = realinode->i_mtime; > inode->i_ctime = realinode->i_ctime; > diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c > index c3d8c7ea180f..006dc70d7425 100644 > --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c > +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c > @@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_d_real(struct dentry *dentry, > if (inode && d_inode(dentry) == inode) > return dentry; > > - if (flags & D_REAL_UPPER) > - return ovl_dentry_upper(dentry); > - > if (!d_is_reg(dentry)) { > if (!inode || inode == d_inode(dentry)) > return dentry; > diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h > index 82a99d366aec..4c7ab11c627a 100644 > --- a/include/linux/dcache.h > +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h > @@ -565,9 +565,6 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_backing_dentry(struct dentry *upper) > return upper; > } > > -/* d_real() flags */ > -#define D_REAL_UPPER 0x2 /* return upper dentry or NULL if non-upper */ > - Premature removal of constant. Still in use by may_write_real() at this point. Thanks, Amir.