linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/14] HPFS: Remove mark_inode

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Message-ID: <20110510080236.GB13420@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2011 04:02:36 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/14] HPFS: Remove mark_inode_dirty

On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 08:43:27PM +0200, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> Remove mark_inode_dirty
> 
> HPFS doesn't use kernel's dirty inode indicator anyway because
> writing an inode requires directory's mutex.

No new by this patch, but note that c/mtime on mmap won't work without
using it.  We tried to get away with it for that in XFS, but it broke
the semantics.  Take a look at xfstests 215 for the reproducer.

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