On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 11:10 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I mention the "rename and extend i_size_seqcount" as a solution > that I suspect might be acceptable if somebody has the motivation and > energy, but honestly I also think "nobody can be bothered" is > acceptable in practice. > So happens recently the metadata ordeal also came up around getattr where a submitter wanted to lock the inode around it. Looks like this is a recurring topic? Until the day comes when someone has way too much time on their hands and patches it up (even that may encounter resistance though), I do think it would make sense to nicely write it down somewhere so for easy reference -- maybe as a comment above getattr and note around other places like the timespec helpers to read that. -- Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik gmail.com>
