[PATCH v2 92/92] fs: rename i_ctime field to __i_ctime

Jeff Layton jlayton at kernel.org
Wed Jul 5 18:58:12 UTC 2023


Now that everything in-tree is converted to use the accessor functions,
rename the i_ctime field in the inode to discourage direct access.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/fs.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 14e38bd900f1..b66442f91835 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ struct inode {
 	loff_t			i_size;
 	struct timespec64	i_atime;
 	struct timespec64	i_mtime;
-	struct timespec64	i_ctime;
+	struct timespec64	__i_ctime; /* use inode_*_ctime accessors! */
 	spinlock_t		i_lock;	/* i_blocks, i_bytes, maybe i_size */
 	unsigned short          i_bytes;
 	u8			i_blkbits;
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ struct timespec64 inode_set_ctime_current(struct inode *inode);
  */
 static inline struct timespec64 inode_get_ctime(const struct inode *inode)
 {
-	return inode->i_ctime;
+	return inode->__i_ctime;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ static inline struct timespec64 inode_get_ctime(const struct inode *inode)
 static inline struct timespec64 inode_set_ctime_to_ts(struct inode *inode,
 						      struct timespec64 ts)
 {
-	inode->i_ctime = ts;
+	inode->__i_ctime = ts;
 	return ts;
 }
 
-- 
2.41.0



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