On Fri 22-12-17 07:05:53, Jeff Layton wrote: > From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> > > We only really need to update i_version if someone has queried for it > since we last incremented it. By doing that, we can avoid having to > update the inode if the times haven't changed. > > If the times have changed, then we go ahead and forcibly increment the > counter, under the assumption that we'll be going to the storage > anyway, and the increment itself is relatively cheap. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/inode.c | 10 +++++++--- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c > index 19e72f500f71..2fa920188759 100644 > --- a/fs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/inode.c > @@ -1635,17 +1635,21 @@ static int relatime_need_update(const struct path *path, struct inode *inode, > int generic_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *time, int flags) > { > int iflags = I_DIRTY_TIME; > + bool dirty = false; > > if (flags & S_ATIME) > inode->i_atime = *time; > if (flags & S_VERSION) > - inode_inc_iversion(inode); > + dirty |= inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, dirty); > if (flags & S_CTIME) > inode->i_ctime = *time; > if (flags & S_MTIME) > inode->i_mtime = *time; > + if ((flags & (S_ATIME | S_CTIME | S_MTIME)) && > + !(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME)) > + dirty = true; When you pass 'dirty' to inode_maybe_inc_iversion(), it is always false. Maybe this condition should be at the beginning of the function? Once you fix that the patch looks good so you can add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html