On Wed 05-07-23 15:01:31, Jeff Layton wrote: > In later patches, we're going to change how the inode's ctime field is > used. Switch to using accessor functions instead of raw accesses of > inode->i_ctime. > > Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> ... > diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c > index 21245b00722a..7acd3e3fe790 100644 > --- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c > +++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c ... > @@ -249,10 +250,12 @@ static void ovl_file_accessed(struct file *file) > if (!upperinode) > return; > > + ctime = inode_get_ctime(inode); > + uctime = inode_get_ctime(upperinode); > if ((!timespec64_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &upperinode->i_mtime) || > - !timespec64_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &upperinode->i_ctime))) { > + !timespec64_equal(&ctime, &uctime))) { > inode->i_mtime = upperinode->i_mtime; > - inode->i_ctime = upperinode->i_ctime; > + inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, inode_get_ctime(upperinode)); I think you can use uctime here instead of inode_get_ctime(upperinode)? Otherwise the patch looks good. Feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR