The is_mgtime test checks whether the FS_MGTIME flag is set in the fstype. To get there from the inode though, we have to dereference 3 pointers. Add a new IOP_MGTIME flag, and have inode_init_always() set that flag when the fstype flag is set. Then, make is_mgtime test for IOP_MGTIME instead. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> --- I had always had a little concern around the amount of pointer chasing in this helper. Given the discussion around Josef's fsnotify patches, I figured I'd draft up a patch to cut that down. Sending this as an RFC since we're getting close to the end of the merge window and I haven't done any performance testing with this. I think it's a reasonable thing to consider doing though, given how hot the write() codepaths can be. --- fs/inode.c | 2 ++ include/linux/fs.h | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 838be0b49a63bd8d5700db0e6103c47e251793c3..70a2f8c717e063752a0b87c6eb27cde7a18d6879 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ int inode_init_always_gfp(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode, gfp_t gfp inode->i_opflags = 0; if (sb->s_xattr) inode->i_opflags |= IOP_XATTR; + if (sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_MGTIME) + inode->i_opflags |= IOP_MGTIME; i_uid_write(inode, 0); i_gid_write(inode, 0); atomic_set(&inode->i_writecount, 0); diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index aa37083436096df9969d2f63f6ec4d1dc8b260d2..d32c6f6298b17c44ff22d922516028da31cec14d 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ is_uncached_acl(struct posix_acl *acl) #define IOP_NOFOLLOW 0x0004 #define IOP_XATTR 0x0008 #define IOP_DEFAULT_READLINK 0x0010 +#define IOP_MGTIME 0x0020 /* * Keep mostly read-only and often accessed (especially for @@ -2581,7 +2582,7 @@ struct file_system_type { */ static inline bool is_mgtime(const struct inode *inode) { - return inode->i_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_MGTIME; + return inode->i_opflags & IOP_MGTIME; } extern struct dentry *mount_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type, --- base-commit: 80ce1b3dc72ceab16a967e2aa222c5cc06ad6042 change-id: 20241113-mgtime-9aad7b90c64a Best regards, -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>