linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v1 02/30] ecryptfs: remove unnecessary i

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:03:19 -0500
From:   Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 02/30] ecryptfs: remove unnecessary i_version bump

ecryptfs bumps the i_version counter when a new inode is
instantiated, but never touches it again.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
---
 fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index e7413f82d27b..9493e8614de1 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_inode_set(struct inode *inode, void *opaque)
 	/* i_size will be overwritten for encrypted regular files */
 	fsstack_copy_inode_size(inode, lower_inode);
 	inode->i_ino = lower_inode->i_ino;
-	inode->i_version++;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ecryptfs_aops;
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-- 
2.7.4