The generic read path will mark the file's atime during the course of the
read. For xattr backing files, this behavior is undesirable, so we open
the xattr files and directories with O_NOATIME. We also add the O_DIRECTORY
flag where the xattr dir is opened for readdir.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>
--
fs/reiserfs/xattr.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c 2007-06-11 14:49:37.000000000 -0400
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c 2007-06-11 14:50:06.000000000 -0400
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ out:
dput(xadir);
if (err)
return ERR_PTR(err);
- return dentry_open(xafile, NULL, O_RDWR);
+ return dentry_open(xafile, NULL, O_RDWR|O_NOATIME);
}
/*
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ int reiserfs_delete_xattrs(struct inode
goto out;
}
- fp = dentry_open(dir, NULL, O_RDWR);
+ fp = dentry_open(dir, NULL, O_RDWR|O_NOATIME|O_DIRECTORY);
if (IS_ERR(fp)) {
err = PTR_ERR(fp);
/* dentry_open dputs the dentry if it fails */
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ int reiserfs_chown_xattrs(struct inode *
goto out;
}
- fp = dentry_open(dir, NULL, O_RDWR);
+ fp = dentry_open(dir, NULL, O_RDWR|O_NOATIME|O_DIRECTORY);
if (IS_ERR(fp)) {
err = PTR_ERR(fp);
/* dentry_open dputs the dentry if it fails */
--
Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
