From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 In-reply-to: <1200703803.25782.45.camel@cinder.waste.org> (message from Matt Mackall on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:50:03 -0600) Subject: Re: [PATCH -v6 2/2] Updating ctime and mtime for memory-mapped files References: <12006091182260-git-send-email-salikhmetov@gmail.com> <200801182332.02945.ioe-lkml@rameria.de> <20080118175450.715ded60@bree.surriel.com> <1200703803.25782.45.camel@cinder.waste.org> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:22:40 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: mpm@selenic.com Cc: riel@redhat.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, ioe-lkml@rameria.de, miklos@szeredi.hu, peterz@infradead.org, salikhmetov@gmail.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, jakob@unthought.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu, ksm@42.dk, staubach@redhat.com, jesper.juhl@gmail.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, protasnb@gmail.com, r.e.wolff@bitwizard.nl, hidave.darkstar@gmail.com, hch@infradead.org List-ID: > Reminds me, I've got a patch here for addressing that problem with loop mounts: > > Writes to loop should update the mtime of the underlying file. > > Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall > > Index: l/drivers/block/loop.c > =================================================================== > --- l.orig/drivers/block/loop.c 2007-11-05 17:50:07.000000000 -0600 > +++ l/drivers/block/loop.c 2007-11-05 19:03:51.000000000 -0600 > @@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ static int do_lo_send_aops(struct loop_d > offset = pos & ((pgoff_t)PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1); > bv_offs = bvec->bv_offset; > len = bvec->bv_len; > + file_update_time(file); > while (len > 0) { > sector_t IV; > unsigned size; > @@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ static int __do_lo_send_write(struct fil > > set_fs(get_ds()); > bw = file->f_op->write(file, buf, len, &pos); > + file_update_time(file); ->write should have already updated the times, no? > set_fs(old_fs); > if (likely(bw == len)) > return 0; > > -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org