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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:27:17 +0200 From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: Don't update superblock write time when filesystem is read-only On Wed 16-09-09 11:21:13, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > This avoids updating the superblock write time when we are mounting > the root file system read/only but we need to replay the journal; at > that point, for people who are east of GMT and who make their clock > tick in localtime for Windows bug-for-bug compatibility, and this will > cause e2fsck to complain and force a full file system check. > > Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> Thanks. Added to my tree. Honza > --- > fs/ext3/super.c | 13 ++++++++++++- > 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c > index a8d80a7..62c86af 100644 > --- a/fs/ext3/super.c > +++ b/fs/ext3/super.c > @@ -2321,7 +2321,18 @@ static int ext3_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, > > if (!sbh) > return error; > - es->s_wtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds()); > + /* > + * If the file system is mounted read-only, don't update the > + * superblock write time. This avoids updating the superblock > + * write time when we are mounting the root file system > + * read/only but we need to replay the journal; at that point, > + * for people who are east of GMT and who make their clock > + * tick in localtime for Windows bug-for-bug compatibility, > + * the clock is set in the future, and this will cause e2fsck > + * to complain and force a full file system check. > + */ > + if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) > + es->s_wtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds()); > es->s_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le32(ext3_count_free_blocks(sb)); > es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(ext3_count_free_inodes(sb)); > BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty"); > -- > 1.6.3.2.1.gb9f7d.dirty > -- Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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