linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH-v3 1/6] fs: split update_time() into update_time() and write

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Message-ID: <20141125160018.GG26471@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:00:18 +0100
From:	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Linux Filesystem Development List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux btrfs Developers List <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	XFS Developers <xfs@....sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-v3 1/6] fs: split update_time() into update_time() and
 write_time()

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:34:29AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> In preparation for adding support for the lazytime mount option, we
> need to be able to separate out the update_time() and write_time()
> inode operations.  Currently, only btrfs and xfs uses update_time().
> 
> We needed to preserve update_time() because btrfs wants to have a
> special btrfs_root_readonly() check; otherwise we could drop the
> update_time() inode operation entirely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
> Cc: xfs@....sgi.com
> Cc: linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org

For the btrfs changes

Acked-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
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