linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: compare truncated timestamps in current

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Message-Id: <20230728-insel-zukauf-e3da5defe5a2@brauner>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:21:17 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: compare truncated timestamps in current_mgtime

On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:21:37 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> current_mgtime compares the ctime (which has already been truncated) to
> the value from ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64 (which has not). All of the
> existing filesystems that enable mgtime have 1ns granularity, so this is
> not a problem today, but it is more correct to compare truncated
> timestamps instead.
> 
> Do the truncate earlier, so we're comparing like things.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.ctime branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.ctime branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.ctime

[1/1] fs: compare truncated timestamps in current_mgtime
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/dec705a2d44a