linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 3/8] vfs: add ATTR_CTIME

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Message-Id: <20250730-nfsd-testing-v4-3-7f5730570a52@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:24:32 -0400
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, 
 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, 
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, 
 Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>, NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>, 
 Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@...hat.com>, Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@...cle.com>, 
 Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>, 
 Anna Schumaker <anna@...nel.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/8] vfs: add ATTR_CTIME_SET flag

When ATTR_ATIME_SET and ATTR_MTIME_SET are set in the ia_valid mask, the
notify_change() logic takes that to mean that the request should set
those values explicitly, and not override them with "now".

With the advent of delegated timestamps, similar functionality is needed
for the ctime. Add a ATTR_CTIME_SET flag, and use that to indicate that
the ctime should be accepted as-is. Also, clean up the if statements to
eliminate the extra negatives.

In setattr_copy() and setattr_copy_mgtime() use inode_set_ctime_deleg()
when ATTR_CTIME_SET is set, instead of basing the decision on ATTR_DELEG.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
---
 fs/attr.c          | 44 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 include/linux/fs.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 9caf63d20d03e86c535e9c8c91d49c2a34d34b7a..f8bb2b6011ca87243765bb444850b3b4bb91e275 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -286,20 +286,12 @@ static void setattr_copy_mgtime(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
 	unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 	struct timespec64 now;
 
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME) {
-		/*
-		 * In the case of an update for a write delegation, we must respect
-		 * the value in ia_ctime and not use the current time.
-		 */
-		if (ia_valid & ATTR_DELEG)
-			now = inode_set_ctime_deleg(inode, attr->ia_ctime);
-		else
-			now = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
-	} else {
-		/* If ATTR_CTIME isn't set, then ATTR_MTIME shouldn't be either. */
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME);
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME_SET)
+		now = inode_set_ctime_deleg(inode, attr->ia_ctime);
+	else if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME)
+		now = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
+	else
 		now = current_time(inode);
-	}
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME_SET)
 		inode_set_atime_to_ts(inode, attr->ia_atime);
@@ -359,12 +351,11 @@ void setattr_copy(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
 		inode_set_atime_to_ts(inode, attr->ia_atime);
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME)
 		inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, attr->ia_mtime);
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME) {
-		if (ia_valid & ATTR_DELEG)
-			inode_set_ctime_deleg(inode, attr->ia_ctime);
-		else
-			inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, attr->ia_ctime);
-	}
+
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME_SET)
+		inode_set_ctime_deleg(inode, attr->ia_ctime);
+	else if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME)
+		inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, attr->ia_ctime);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(setattr_copy);
 
@@ -463,15 +454,18 @@ int notify_change(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	now = current_time(inode);
 
-	attr->ia_ctime = now;
-	if (!(ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME_SET))
-		attr->ia_atime = now;
-	else
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME_SET)
 		attr->ia_atime = timestamp_truncate(attr->ia_atime, inode);
-	if (!(ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME_SET))
-		attr->ia_mtime = now;
 	else
+		attr->ia_atime = now;
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME_SET)
+		attr->ia_ctime = timestamp_truncate(attr->ia_ctime, inode);
+	else
+		attr->ia_ctime = now;
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME_SET)
 		attr->ia_mtime = timestamp_truncate(attr->ia_mtime, inode);
+	else
+		attr->ia_mtime = now;
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_KILL_PRIV) {
 		error = security_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 040c0036320fdf87a2379d494ab408a7991875bd..f18f45e88545c39716b917b1378fb7248367b41d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ typedef int (dio_iodone_t)(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t offset,
 #define ATTR_ATIME_SET	(1 << 7)
 #define ATTR_MTIME_SET	(1 << 8)
 #define ATTR_FORCE	(1 << 9) /* Not a change, but a change it */
+#define ATTR_CTIME_SET	(1 << 10)
 #define ATTR_KILL_SUID	(1 << 11)
 #define ATTR_KILL_SGID	(1 << 12)
 #define ATTR_FILE	(1 << 13)

-- 
2.50.1