[PATCH 07/21] nullfs: don't update the access time

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 09:58:20 EST


There's no point in updating access times of the nullfs instance. Raise
S_IMMUTABLE.

Fixes: 9d4e752a24f7 ("namespace: allow creating empty mount namespaces")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v7.1+
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nullfs.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nullfs.c b/fs/nullfs.c
index e06352c7b2cc..40aa228bd81a 100644
--- a/fs/nullfs.c
+++ b/fs/nullfs.c
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ static int nullfs_fs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
make_empty_dir_inode(inode);
simple_inode_init_ts(inode);
inode->i_ino = 1;
- /* ... and immutable. */
- inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+ /* ... and immutable, reading it leaves no trace either. */
+ inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE | S_NOATIME;

s->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
if (!s->s_root)

--
2.53.0