On 6/21/23 23:45, Jeff Layton wrote: > struct timespec64 has unused bits in the tv_nsec field that can be used > for other purposes. In future patches, we're going to change how the > inode->i_ctime is accessed in certain inodes in order to make use of > them. In order to do that safely though, we'll need to eradicate raw > accesses of the inode->i_ctime field from the kernel. > > Add new accessor functions for the ctime that we can use to replace them. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> [...] > +/** > + * inode_ctime_peek - fetch the current ctime from the inode > + * @inode: inode from which to fetch ctime > + * > + * Grab the current ctime from the inode and return it. > + */ > +static inline struct timespec64 inode_ctime_peek(const struct inode *inode) To be consistent with inode_ctime_set(), why not call this one inode_ctime_get() ? Also, inode_set_ctime() & inode_get_ctime() may be a little more natural. But no strong opinion about that though. -- Damien Le Moal Western Digital Research
