Re: [PATCH] erofs: derive atime instead of leaving it empty

[Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>]

Hi Xiang,

On 2020-11-3 10:50, Gao Xiang wrote:
> Hi Chao,
>
> On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 03:51:02AM +0800, Gao Xiang wrote:
>> From: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@redhat.com>
>>
>> EROFS has _only one_ ondisk timestamp (ctime is currently
>> documented and recorded, we might also record mtime instead
>> with a new compat feature if needed) for each extended inode
>> since EROFS isn't mainly for archival purposes so no need to
>> keep all timestamps on disk especially for Android scenarios
>> due to security concerns. Also, romfs/cramfs don't have their
>> own on-disk timestamp, and squashfs only records mtime instead.
>>
>> Let's also derive access time from ondisk timestamp rather than
>> leaving it empty, and if mtime/atime for each file are really
>> needed for specific scenarios as well, we can also use xattrs
>> to record them then.
>>
>> Reported-by: nl6720 <nl6720@gmail.com>
>> [ Gao Xiang: It'd be better to backport for user-friendly concern. ]
>> Fixes: 431339ba9042 ("staging: erofs: add inode operations")
>> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.19+
>> Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@redhat.com>
>
> May I ask for some extra free slots to review this patch plus
> [PATCH 1/4] of
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201022145724.27284-1-hsiangkao@aol.com
>
> since it'd be also in linux-next for a while before sending out
> to Linus. And the debugging messages may also be an annoying
> thing for users.

Sorry for the delay review, will check the details tomorrow. :)

Thanks,

>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Thanks,
> Gao Xiang
>