On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 08:50:14AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > While working on a patch series to change how we handle the ctime, I > found a number of places that update the mtime without a corresponding > ctime update. POSIX requires that when the mtime is updated that the > ctime also be updated. > > Note that these are largely untested other than for compilation, so > please review carefully. These are a preliminary set for the upcoming > rework of how we handle the ctime. > > None of these seem to be very crucial, but it would be nice if > various maintainers could pick these up for v6.5. Please let me know if > you do. > > Jeff Layton (9): > ibmvmc: update ctime in conjunction with mtime on write > usb: update the ctime as well when updating mtime after an ioctl > autofs: set ctime as well when mtime changes on a dir > bfs: update ctime in addition to mtime when adding entries > efivarfs: update ctime when mtime changes on a write > exfat: ensure that ctime is updated whenever the mtime is > gfs2: update ctime when quota is updated > apparmor: update ctime whenever the mtime changes on an inode > cifs: update the ctime on a partial page write > > drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c | 2 +- > drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 16 ++++++++-------- > fs/autofs/root.c | 6 +++--- > fs/bfs/dir.c | 2 +- > fs/efivarfs/file.c | 2 +- > fs/exfat/namei.c | 8 ++++---- > fs/gfs2/quota.c | 2 +- > fs/smb/client/file.c | 2 +- > security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c | 7 +++++-- > security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c | 11 +++++++---- > 10 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.40.1 > All of these need commit log messages, didn't checkpatch warn you about that? thanks, greg k-h