linux-kernel - [PATCH -v5 0/2] Updating ctime and mtime for memory-mapped files

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:57:44 +0300
From:	Anton Salikhmetov <salikhmetov@...il.com>
To:	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, r.e.wolff@...wizard.nl,
	hidave.darkstar@...il.com, hch@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH -v5 0/2] Updating ctime and mtime for memory-mapped files

This is the fifth version of my solution for the bug #2645:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2645

New since the previous version:

1) the case of retouching an already-dirty page pointed out
   by Miklos Szeredi has been correctly addressed;

2) a few cosmetic changes according to the latest feedback;

3) fixed the error of calling a possibly sleeping function
   from an atomic context.

The design for the first item above was suggested by Peter Zijlstra:

> It would require scanning the PTEs and marking them read-only again on
> MS_ASYNC, and some more logic in set_page_dirty() because that currently
> bails out early if the page in question is already dirty.

Miklos' test program now produces the following output for
the repeated calls to msync() with the MS_ASYNC flag:

debian:~/miklos# ./miklos_test file
begin   1200529196      1200529196      1200528798
write   1200529197      1200529197      1200528798
mmap    1200529197      1200529197      1200529198
b       1200529197      1200529197      1200529198
msync b 1200529199      1200529199      1200529198
c       1200529199      1200529199      1200529198
msync c 1200529201      1200529201      1200529198
d       1200529201      1200529201      1200529198
munmap  1200529201      1200529201      1200529198
close   1200529201      1200529201      1200529198
sync    1200529204      1200529204      1200529198
debian:~/miklos#

Miklos' test program can be found using the following link:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/14/104
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