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Biederman wrote: > Jeff Layton writes: >=20 > > On Wed, 2023-07-05 at 14:58 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > > > v2: > > > - prepend patches to add missing ctime updates > > > - add simple_rename_timestamp helper function > > > - rename ctime accessor functions as inode_get_ctime/inode_set_ctime_= * > > > - drop individual inode_ctime_set_{sec,nsec} helpers > > >=20 > > > I've been working on a patchset to change how the inode->i_ctime is > > > accessed in order to give us conditional, high-res timestamps for the > > > ctime and mtime. struct timespec64 has unused bits in it that we can = use > > > to implement this. In order to do that however, we need to wrap all > > > accesses of inode->i_ctime to ensure that bits used as flags are > > > appropriately handled. > > >=20 > > > The patchset starts with reposts of some missing ctime updates that I > > > spotted in the tree. It then adds a new helper function for updating = the > > > timestamp after a successful rename, and new ctime accessor > > > infrastructure. > > >=20 > > > The bulk of the patchset is individual conversions of different > > > subsysteme to use the new infrastructure. Finally, the patchset renam= es > > > the i_ctime field to __i_ctime to help ensure that I didn't miss > > > anything. > > >=20 > > > This should apply cleanly to linux-next as of this morning. > > >=20 > > > Most of this conversion was done via 5 different coccinelle scripts, = run > > > in succession, with a large swath of by-hand conversions to clean up = the > > > remainder. > > >=20 > >=20 > > A couple of other things I should note: > >=20 > > If you sent me an Acked-by or Reviewed-by in the previous set, then I > > tried to keep it on the patch here, since the respun patches are mostly > > just renaming stuff from v1. Let me know if I've missed any. > >=20 > > I've also pushed the pile to my tree as this tag: > >=20 > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlayton/linux.git/t= ag/?h=3Dctime.20230705 > >=20 > > In case that's easier to work with. >=20 > Are there any preliminary patches showing what you want your introduced > accessors to turn into? It is hard to judge the sanity of the > introduction of wrappers without seeing what the wrappers are ultimately > going to do. >=20 > Eric I have a draft version of the multigrain patches on top of the wrapper conversion I've already posted in my "mgctime-experimental" branch: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlayton/linux.git/log/?= h=3Dmgctime-experimental The rationale is best explained in this changelog: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlayton/linux.git/commi= t/?h=3Dmgctime-experimental&id=3Dface437a144d3375afb7f70c233b0644b4edccba The idea will be to enable this on a per-fs basis. --=20 Jeff Layton