On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 07:00:55PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > Enable multigrain timestamps, which should ensure that there is an > apparent change to the timestamp whenever it has been written after > being actively observed via getattr. > > Also, anytime the mtime changes, the ctime must also change, and those > are now the only two options for xfs_trans_ichgtime. Have that function > unconditionally bump the ctime, and warn if XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG is ever not > set. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c | 6 +++--- > fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c | 4 ++-- > fs/xfs/xfs_super.c | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c > index 0c9df8df6d4a..86f5ffce2d89 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c > @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ xfs_trans_ichgtime( > ASSERT(tp); > ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL)); > > - tv = current_time(inode); > + /* If the mtime changes, then ctime must also change */ > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!(flags & XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG)); Make that an ASSERT(flags & XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG), please. There's no need to verify this at runtime on production kernels. -Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx