linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 10/12] ext4: switch to multigrain timestamps

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Message-Id: <20241001-mgtime-v8-10-903343d91bc3@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 06:59:04 -0400
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
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 Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v8 10/12] ext4: switch to multigrain timestamps

Enable multigrain timestamps, which should ensure that there is an
apparent change to the timestamp whenever it has been written after
being actively observed via getattr.

For ext4, we only need to enable the FS_MGTIME flag.

Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> # documentation bits
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 16a4ce704460..b77acba4a719 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -7329,7 +7329,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext4_fs_type = {
 	.init_fs_context	= ext4_init_fs_context,
 	.parameters		= ext4_param_specs,
 	.kill_sb		= ext4_kill_sb,
-	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
+	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP | FS_MGTIME,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext4");

-- 
2.46.2