The following commit has been merged into the efi/urgent branch of tip: Commit-ID: 2096721f1577b51b574fa06a7d91823dffe7267a Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/2096721f1577b51b574fa06a7d91823dffe7267a Author: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 28 May 2020 12:49:04 -07:00 Committer: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:38:56 +02:00 efivarfs: Update inode modification time for successful writes Some applications want to be able to see when EFI variables have been updated. Update the modification time for successful writes. Reported-by: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200528194905.690-2-tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/efivarfs/file.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/file.c b/fs/efivarfs/file.c index e9e27a2..4b8bc45 100644 --- a/fs/efivarfs/file.c +++ b/fs/efivarfs/file.c @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file, } else { inode_lock(inode); i_size_write(inode, datasize + sizeof(attributes)); + inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode); inode_unlock(inode); }