linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: Update file times when inodes are written after mmaped writes

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Date:	Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:29:33 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: Update file times when inodes are written
 after mmaped writes

NAK, we went through great trouble to get rid of the nasty layering
violation where the VM called file_update_time directly just a short
while ago, reintroducing that is a massive step back.

Make sure whatever "solution" for your problem you come up with keeps
the file update in the filesystem or generic helpers.

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