linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/namei: Don't update atime when some errors occur in get

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Message-ID: <20231205-endstadium-teich-d8d0bc900e08@brauner>
Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2023 12:06:33 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Hao Ge <gehao@...inos.cn>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gehao618@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/namei: Don't update atime when some errors occur in
 get_link

On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 03:17:33PM +0800, Hao Ge wrote:
> Perhaps we have some errors occur(like security),then we don't update
> atime,because we didn't actually access it
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <gehao@...inos.cn>
> ---

We didn't follow the link but we accessed it. I guess it's not completey
clear what's correct here so I'd just leave it as is.