Re: [PATCH 2.6] Do not set ATTR_CTIME in do_truncate(). - was: Re:truncate(2) sometimes updates ctime and sometimes ctime and mtime!

[Miklos Szeredi]

> Here is a (tested) patch to remove the setting of ATTR_CTIME in
> do_truncate() as you suggested.

This is still inconsistent: all other "setattr" operations (chmod,
chown, chgrp, utime) still set ATTR_CTIME.

I think either ATTR_CTIME should be implicit in ->setattr() in which
case you should remove it in all those cases, or leave it as it is.

Miklos
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