linux-ext4 - Re: [EXT4 set 4][PATCH 4/5] i_version:ext4 inode version update

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Message-ID: <4689F17C.7050304@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:19:32 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	cmm@...ibm.com
CC:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org
Subject: Re: [EXT4 set 4][PATCH 4/5] i_version:ext4 inode version update



Mingming Cao wrote:
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4/fs/ext4/super.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.22-rc4.orig/fs/ext4/super.c	2007-06-13 17:19:11.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.22-rc4/fs/ext4/super.c	2007-06-13 17:24:45.000000000 -0700
> @@ -2846,8 +2846,8 @@ out:
>  		i_size_write(inode, off+len-towrite);
>  		EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
>  	}
> -	inode->i_version++;
>  	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
> +	inode->i_version = 1;
>  	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
>  	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
>  	return len - towrite;


Is this correct ? . Why do we set the qutoa file inodes version to 1  during write ?


- aneesh
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