The function inode_set_ctime_current simply retrieves the current time and assigns it to the field __i_ctime without any alterations. Therefore, it is possible to set ctime to now directly using inode_set_ctime_to_ts Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/inode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 91048c4c9c9e..0b1327be581a 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ struct timespec64 inode_set_ctime_current(struct inode *inode) { struct timespec64 now = current_time(inode); - inode_set_ctime(inode, now.tv_sec, now.tv_nsec); + inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, now); return now; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_set_ctime_current); -- 2.39.2