linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 04/13] fat: only specify I_DIRTY_TIME when needed in fat_update

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Date:   Thu, 7 Jan 2021 14:13:28 +0100
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 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: Re: [PATCH 04/13] fat: only specify I_DIRTY_TIME when needed in
 fat_update_time()

On Mon 04-01-21 16:54:43, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> As was done for generic_update_time(), only pass I_DIRTY_TIME to
> __mark_inode_dirty() when the inode's timestamps were actually updated
> and lazytime is enabled.  This avoids a weird edge case where
> I_DIRTY_TIME could be set in i_state when lazytime isn't enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

...
> +	if ((flags & S_VERSION) && inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, false))
> +		dirty_flags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
>  
> -	if (dirty)
> -		iflags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
>  	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, iflags);
				  ^^^ dirty_flags here?

Otherwise the change looks good to me.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR