linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/79] qib_fs: switch to new ctime accessors

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:37:07 -0400
From:   Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/79] qib_fs: switch to new ctime accessors

On 6/21/23 10:45 AM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> In later patches, we're going to change how the ctime.tv_nsec field is
> utilized. Switch to using accessor functions instead of raw accesses of
> inode->i_ctime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
> index a973905afd13..db008f2884e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
> @@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ static int qibfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>  	inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
>  	inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
>  	inode->i_blocks = 0;
> -	inode->i_atime = current_time(inode);
> -	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime;
> -	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_atime;
> +	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode_ctime_set_current(inode);
>  	inode->i_private = data;
>  	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
>  		inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;

Acked-by: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com>