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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/inode.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/inode.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index e08767fd57b0..e177769f3b41 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -1204,16 +1204,20 @@ void update_atime(struct inode *inode) EXPORT_SYMBOL(update_atime); /** - * inode_update_time - update mtime and ctime time - * @inode: inode accessed - * @ctime_too: update ctime too + * file_update_time - update mtime and ctime time + * @file: file accessed * - * Update the mtime time on an inode and mark it for writeback. - * When ctime_too is specified update the ctime too. + * Update the mtime and ctime members of an inode and mark the inode + * for writeback. Note that this function is meant exclusively for + * usage in the file write path of filesystems, and filesystems may + * choose to explicitly ignore update via this function with the + * S_NOCTIME inode flag, e.g. for network filesystem where these + * timestamps are handled by the server. */ -void inode_update_time(struct inode *inode, int ctime_too) +void file_update_time(struct file *file) { + struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode; struct timespec now; int sync_it = 0; @@ -1227,16 +1231,15 @@ void inode_update_time(struct inode *inode, int ctime_too) sync_it = 1; inode->i_mtime = now; - if (ctime_too) { - if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &now)) - sync_it = 1; - inode->i_ctime = now; - } + if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &now)) + sync_it = 1; + inode->i_ctime = now; + if (sync_it) mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_update_time); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_update_time); int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode) { |