The patch titled Subject: hpfs: don't bother with the i_version counter or f_version has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: hpfs: don't bother with the i_version counter or f_version HPFS does not set SB_I_VERSION and does not use the i_version counter internally. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171207113206.31544-4-jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Anton Altaparmakov <anton@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Simmons <jsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hpfs/dir.c | 1 - fs/hpfs/dnode.c | 2 -- fs/hpfs/super.c | 1 - 3 files changed, 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/hpfs/dir.c~hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version fs/hpfs/dir.c --- a/fs/hpfs/dir.c~hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version +++ a/fs/hpfs/dir.c @@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ static int hpfs_readdir(struct file *fil if (unlikely(ret < 0)) goto out; ctx->pos = ((loff_t) hpfs_de_as_down_as_possible(inode->i_sb, hpfs_inode->i_dno) << 4) + 1; - file->f_version = inode->i_version; } next_pos = ctx->pos; if (!(de = map_pos_dirent(inode, &next_pos, &qbh))) { diff -puN fs/hpfs/dnode.c~hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version fs/hpfs/dnode.c --- a/fs/hpfs/dnode.c~hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version +++ a/fs/hpfs/dnode.c @@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ int hpfs_add_dirent(struct inode *i, c = 1; goto ret; } - i->i_version++; c = hpfs_add_to_dnode(i, dno, name, namelen, new_de, 0); ret: return c; @@ -726,7 +725,6 @@ int hpfs_remove_dirent(struct inode *i, return 2; } } - i->i_version++; for_all_poss(i, hpfs_pos_del, (t = get_pos(dnode, de)) + 1, 1); hpfs_delete_de(i->i_sb, dnode, de); hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(qbh); diff -puN fs/hpfs/super.c~hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version fs/hpfs/super.c --- a/fs/hpfs/super.c~hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version +++ a/fs/hpfs/super.c @@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ static struct inode *hpfs_alloc_inode(st ei = kmem_cache_alloc(hpfs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS); if (!ei) return NULL; - ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1; return &ei->vfs_inode; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx are ntfs-remove-i_version-handling.patch hpfs-dont-bother-with-the-i_version-counter-or-f_version.patch lustre-dont-set-f_version-in-ll_readdir.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html