[PATCH 2/2] updating ctime and mtime at syncing

[Anton Salikhmetov <salikhmetov@gmail.com>]

Changes for updating the ctime and mtime fields for memory-mapped files:

1) new flag triggering update of the inode data;
2) new function to update ctime and mtime for block device files;
3) new helper function to update ctime and mtime when needed;
4) updating time stamps for mapped files in sys_msync() and do_fsync();
5) implementing the feature of auto-updating ctime and mtime.

Signed-off-by: Anton Salikhmetov <salikhmetov@gmail.com>
---
 fs/buffer.c             |    1 +
 fs/fs-writeback.c       |    2 ++
 fs/inode.c              |   42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 fs/sync.c               |    2 ++
 include/linux/fs.h      |    9 ++++++++-
 include/linux/pagemap.h |    3 ++-
 mm/msync.c              |   24 ++++++++++++++++--------
 mm/page-writeback.c     |    1 +
 8 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 7249e01..09adf7e 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ static int __set_page_dirty(struct page *page,
 	}
 	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
+	set_bit(AS_MCTIME, &mapping->flags);
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 0fca820..c25ebd5 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ __sync_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
+	mapping_update_time(mapping);
+
 	ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 
 	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ed35383..c02bfab 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1243,8 +1243,8 @@ void touch_atime(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);
 
 /**
- *	file_update_time	-	update mtime and ctime time
- *	@file: file accessed
+ *	inode_update_time	-	update mtime and ctime time
+ *	@inode: inode accessed
  *
  *	Update the mtime and ctime members of an inode and mark the inode
  *	for writeback.  Note that this function is meant exclusively for
@@ -1253,10 +1253,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);
  *	S_NOCTIME inode flag, e.g. for network filesystem where these
  *	timestamps are handled by the server.
  */
-
-void file_update_time(struct file *file)
+void inode_update_time(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct timespec now;
 	int sync_it = 0;
 
@@ -1279,8 +1277,39 @@ void file_update_time(struct file *file)
 	if (sync_it)
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_update_time);
+
+/*
+ * Update the ctime and mtime stamps for memory-mapped block device files.
+ */
+static void bd_inode_update_time(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct block_device *bdev = inode->i_bdev;
+	struct list_head *p;
+
+	if (bdev == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+	list_for_each(p, &bdev->bd_inodes) {
+		inode = list_entry(p, struct inode, i_devices);
+		inode_update_time(inode);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+}
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_update_time);
+/*
+ * Update the ctime and mtime stamps after checking if they are to be updated.
+ */
+void mapping_update_time(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(AS_MCTIME, &mapping->flags)) {
+		if (S_ISBLK(mapping->host->i_mode))
+			bd_inode_update_time(mapping->host);
+		else
+			inode_update_time(mapping->host);
+	}
+}
 
 int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -1290,7 +1319,6 @@ int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_needs_sync);
 
 int inode_wait(void *word)
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 7cd005e..5561464 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ long do_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	mapping_update_time(mapping);
+
 	ret = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b3ec4a4..1dccd4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1977,7 +1977,14 @@ extern int buffer_migrate_page(struct address_space *,
 extern int inode_change_ok(struct inode *, struct iattr *);
 extern int __must_check inode_setattr(struct inode *, struct iattr *);
 
-extern void file_update_time(struct file *file);
+extern void inode_update_time(struct inode *);
+
+static inline void file_update_time(struct file *file)
+{
+	inode_update_time(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+}
+
+extern void mapping_update_time(struct address_space *);
 
 static inline ino_t parent_ino(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index db8a410..bf0f9e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
  * Bits in mapping->flags.  The lower __GFP_BITS_SHIFT bits are the page
  * allocation mode flags.
  */
-#define	AS_EIO		(__GFP_BITS_SHIFT + 0)	/* IO error on async write */
+#define AS_EIO		(__GFP_BITS_SHIFT + 0)	/* IO error on async write */
 #define AS_ENOSPC	(__GFP_BITS_SHIFT + 1)	/* ENOSPC on async write */
+#define AS_MCTIME	(__GFP_BITS_SHIFT + 2)	/* mtime and ctime to update */
 
 static inline void mapping_set_error(struct address_space *mapping, int error)
 {
diff --git a/mm/msync.c b/mm/msync.c
index ff654c9..07dc8fc 100644
--- a/mm/msync.c
+++ b/mm/msync.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 1994-1999  Linus Torvalds
  *
  * Substantial code cleanup.
+ * Updating the ctime and mtime stamps for memory-mapped files.
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Anton Salikhmetov <salikhmetov@gmail.com>
  */
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
  * Nor does it mark the relevant pages dirty (it used to up to 2.6.17).
  * Now it doesn't do anything, since dirty pages are properly tracked.
  *
+ * The msync() system call updates the ctime and mtime fields for
+ * the mapped file when called with the MS_SYNC or MS_ASYNC flags
+ * according to the POSIX standard.
+ *
  * The application may now run fsync() to
  * write out the dirty pages and wait on the writeout and check the result.
  * Or the application may run fadvise(FADV_DONTNEED) against the fd to start
@@ -76,14 +81,17 @@ asmlinkage long sys_msync(unsigned long start, size_t len, int flags)
 			break;
 		}
 		file = vma->vm_file;
-		if ((flags & MS_SYNC) && file && (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
-			get_file(file);
-			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-			error = do_fsync(file, 0);
-			fput(file);
-			if (error)
-				return error;
-			down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		if (file && (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
+			mapping_update_time(file->f_mapping);
+			if (flags & MS_SYNC) {
+				get_file(file);
+				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+				error = do_fsync(file, 0);
+				fput(file);
+				if (error)
+					return error;
+				down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+			}
 		}
 
 		start = vma->vm_end;
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index d55cfca..a85df0b 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
 		if (mapping->host) {
 			/* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
 			__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
+			set_bit(AS_MCTIME, &mapping->flags);
 		}
 		return 1;
 	}
-- 
1.4.4.4

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