linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] ext4: fix i

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:22:52 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc:     adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, djwong@...nel.org, david@...morbit.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] ext4: fix i_version handling in ext4

On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 01:24:42PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> ext4 currently updates the i_version counter when the atime is updated
> during a read. This is less than ideal as it can cause unnecessary cache
> invalidations with NFSv4 and unnecessary remeasurements for IMA.
> 
> The increment in ext4_mark_iloc_dirty is also problematic since it can
> corrupt the i_version counter for ea_inodes. We aren't bumping the file
> times in ext4_mark_iloc_dirty, so changing the i_version there seems
> wrong, and is the cause of both problems.
> 
> Remove that callsite and add increments to the setattr, setxattr and
> ioctl codepaths, at the same times that we update the ctime. The
> i_version bump that already happens during timestamp updates should take
> care of the rest.
> 
> In ext4_move_extents, increment the i_version on both inodes, and also
> add in missing ctime updates.
> 
> Cc: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>

Thanks, I've applied just this patch from this patch series.  I made
some minor adjustments since we've already enabled the i_version
counter unconditionally via another patch series from Lukas.

			    	    	  - Ted