linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Updating ctime and mtime at syncing

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20080115180455.GB21557@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:04:55 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Anton Salikhmetov <salikhmetov@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, jakob@...hought.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, valdis.kletnieks@...edu,
	riel@...hat.com, ksm@...dk, staubach@...hat.com,
	jesper.juhl@...il.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	protasnb@...il.com, miklos@...redi.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Updating ctime and mtime at syncing

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 07:02:45PM +0300, Anton Salikhmetov wrote:
> +/*
> + * Update the ctime and mtime stamps for memory-mapped block device files.
> + */
> +static void bd_inode_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *ts)
> +{
> +	struct block_device *bdev = inode->i_bdev;
> +	struct list_head *p;
> +
> +	if (bdev == NULL)
> +		return;

inode->i_bdev is never NULL for inodes currently beeing written to.

> +
> +	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
> +	list_for_each(p, &bdev->bd_inodes) {
> +		inode = list_entry(p, struct inode, i_devices);

this should use list_for_each_entry.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/