[RFC PATCH 24/35] Revert "ovl: fix relatime for directories"

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Thu Apr 12 2018 - 11:12:50 EST


This reverts commit cd91304e7190b4c4802f8e413ab2214b233e0260.

Overlayfs no longer relies on the vfs correct atime handling.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/inode.c | 21 ++++-----------------
fs/overlayfs/super.c | 3 ---
include/linux/dcache.h | 3 ---
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ef362364d396..163715de8cb2 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1570,24 +1570,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bmap);
static void update_ovl_inode_times(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
bool rcu)
{
- struct dentry *upperdentry;
+ if (!rcu) {
+ struct inode *realinode = d_real_inode(dentry);

- /*
- * Nothing to do if in rcu or if non-overlayfs
- */
- if (rcu || likely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REAL)))
- return;
-
- upperdentry = d_real(dentry, NULL, 0, D_REAL_UPPER);
-
- /*
- * If file is on lower then we can't update atime, so no worries about
- * stale mtime/ctime.
- */
- if (upperdentry) {
- struct inode *realinode = d_inode(upperdentry);
-
- if ((!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &realinode->i_mtime) ||
+ if (unlikely(inode != realinode) &&
+ (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &realinode->i_mtime) ||
!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &realinode->i_ctime))) {
inode->i_mtime = realinode->i_mtime;
inode->i_ctime = realinode->i_ctime;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index c3d8c7ea180f..006dc70d7425 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_d_real(struct dentry *dentry,
if (inode && d_inode(dentry) == inode)
return dentry;

- if (flags & D_REAL_UPPER)
- return ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
-
if (!d_is_reg(dentry)) {
if (!inode || inode == d_inode(dentry))
return dentry;
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 82a99d366aec..4c7ab11c627a 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -565,9 +565,6 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_backing_dentry(struct dentry *upper)
return upper;
}

-/* d_real() flags */
-#define D_REAL_UPPER 0x2 /* return upper dentry or NULL if non-upper */
-
/**
* d_real - Return the real dentry
* @dentry: the dentry to query
--
2.14.3