[PATCH 0/9] fs: add some missing ctime updates

Jeff Layton jlayton at kernel.org
Fri Jun 9 13:27:36 UTC 2023


On Fri, 2023-06-09 at 15:10 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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?

It did, once I ran it. ;)

I'll repost the set with more elaborate changelogs.
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>



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