linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 73/92] romfs: convert to ctime accessor functions

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Date:   Thu, 6 Jul 2023 16:04:24 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 73/92] romfs: convert to ctime accessor functions

On Wed 05-07-23 15:01:38, Jeff Layton wrote:
> In later patches, we're going to change how the inode's ctime field is
> used. Switch to using accessor functions instead of raw accesses of
> inode->i_ctime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>

> diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c
> index c59b230d55b4..961b9d342e0e 100644
> --- a/fs/romfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/romfs/super.c
> @@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ static struct inode *romfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long pos)
>  
>  	set_nlink(i, 1);		/* Hard to decide.. */
>  	i->i_size = be32_to_cpu(ri.size);
> -	i->i_mtime.tv_sec = i->i_atime.tv_sec = i->i_ctime.tv_sec = 0;
> -	i->i_mtime.tv_nsec = i->i_atime.tv_nsec = i->i_ctime.tv_nsec = 0;
> +	i->i_mtime.tv_sec = i->i_atime.tv_sec = inode_set_ctime(i, 0, 0).tv_sec;
> +	i->i_mtime.tv_nsec = i->i_atime.tv_nsec = 0;

The usual simplification:

	i->i_mtime = i->i_atime = inode_set_ctime(i, 0, 0);

								Honza
  
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR