linux-ext4 - [PATCH 02/13] gfs2: don't worry about I_DIRTY_TIME in gfs2

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Date:   Mon,  4 Jan 2021 16:54:41 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 02/13] gfs2: don't worry about I_DIRTY_TIME in gfs2_fsync()

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

The I_DIRTY_TIME flag is primary used within the VFS, and there's no
reason for ->fsync() implementations to do anything with it.  This is
because when !datasync, the VFS will expire dirty timestamps before
calling ->fsync().  (See vfs_fsync_range().)  This turns I_DIRTY_TIME
into I_DIRTY_SYNC.

Therefore, change gfs2_fsync() to not check for I_DIRTY_TIME.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 fs/gfs2/file.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index b39b339feddc9..7fe2497755a37 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static int gfs2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	int sync_state = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL;
+	int sync_state = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	int ret = 0, ret1 = 0;
 
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ static int gfs2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 	if (!gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
 		sync_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
 	if (datasync)
-		sync_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_TIME);
+		sync_state &= ~I_DIRTY_SYNC;
 
 	if (sync_state) {
 		ret = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
-- 
2.30.0