linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/nfsd: fix update of inode attrs in CB

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Message-ID: <ZsofUUJeB1wbONyi@tissot.1015granger.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:58:41 -0400
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@...app.com>,
        Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@...cle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/nfsd: fix update of inode attrs in CB_GETATTR

On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 08:46:18AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Currently, we copy the mtime and ctime to the in-core inode and then
> mark the inode dirty. This is fine for certain types of filesystems, but
> not all. Some require a real setattr to properly change these values
> (e.g. ceph or reexported NFS).
> 
> Fix this code to call notify_change() instead, which is the proper way
> to effect a setattr. There is one problem though:
> 
> [...]

Applied to nfsd-fixes for v6.11-rc, thanks!

[1/1] fs/nfsd: fix update of inode attrs in CB_GETATTR
      commit: b0367a7cf033841257d6cc1ff5f9d383aad97b61

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Chuck Lever