linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/9] gfs2: update ctime when quota is updated

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Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2023 18:44:41 +0200
From:   Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] gfs2: update ctime when quota is updated

Jeff,

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 2:50 PM Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> ---
>  fs/gfs2/quota.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
> index 1ed17226d9ed..6d283e071b90 100644
> --- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
> +++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
> @@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ static int gfs2_adjust_quota(struct gfs2_inode *ip, loff_t loc,
>                 size = loc + sizeof(struct gfs2_quota);
>                 if (size > inode->i_size)
>                         i_size_write(inode, size);
> -               inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = current_time(inode);
> +               inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);

I don't think we need to worry about the ctime of the quota inode as
that inode is internal to the filesystem only.

>                 mark_inode_dirty(inode);
>                 set_bit(QDF_REFRESH, &qd->qd_flags);
>         }
> --
> 2.40.1
>

Thanks,
Andreas