linux-kernel - [PATCH 07/27] mm: Update file times from fault path only if .page

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Message-Id: <1339510848-16992-8-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:20:28 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel@...e.cz,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 07/27] mm: Update file times from fault path only if .page_mkwrite is not set

Filesystems wanting to properly support freezing need to have control
when file_update_time() is called. After pushing file_update_time()
to all relevant .page_mkwrite implementations we can just stop calling
file_update_time() when filesystem implements .page_mkwrite.

Tested-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Tested-by: Peter M. Petrakis <peter.petrakis@...onical.com>
Tested-by: Dann Frazier <dann.frazier@...onical.com>
Tested-by: Massimo Morana <massimo.morana@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
---
 mm/memory.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 1b7dc66..26f0283 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2630,6 +2630,9 @@ reuse:
 		if (!page_mkwrite) {
 			wait_on_page_locked(dirty_page);
 			set_page_dirty_balance(dirty_page, page_mkwrite);
+			/* file_update_time outside page_lock */
+			if (vma->vm_file)
+				file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
 		}
 		put_page(dirty_page);
 		if (page_mkwrite) {
@@ -2647,10 +2650,6 @@ reuse:
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* file_update_time outside page_lock */
-		if (vma->vm_file)
-			file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
-
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -3319,12 +3318,13 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	if (dirty_page) {
 		struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
+		int dirtied = 0;
 
 		if (set_page_dirty(dirty_page))
-			page_mkwrite = 1;
+			dirtied = 1;
 		unlock_page(dirty_page);
 		put_page(dirty_page);
-		if (page_mkwrite && mapping) {
+		if ((dirtied || page_mkwrite) && mapping) {
 			/*
 			 * Some device drivers do not set page.mapping but still
 			 * dirty their pages
@@ -3333,7 +3333,7 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		}
 
 		/* file_update_time outside page_lock */
-		if (vma->vm_file)
+		if (vma->vm_file && !page_mkwrite)
 			file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
 	} else {
 		unlock_page(vmf.page);
-- 
1.7.1

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