[RFC] [PATCH] do_sys_truncate: call do_truncate withATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME

[Vladimir V. Saveliev]

Hello

do_sys_ftruncate calls do_truncate with time_attrs set to ATTR_MTIME|
ATTR_CTIME. Is there a reason for do_sys_truncate to not set time_attrs
to the same value or it is a bug?



> --- Begin Message ---
> From: Vladimir Saveliev <vs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When do_truncate is called from do_sys_truncate it is not given
> ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME as in case when it is called from
> do_sys_ftruncate. The patch fixes this unfairness.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Saveliev <vs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> diff -puN fs/open.c~do_truncate-time_attrs fs/open.c
> --- linux-2.6.17-mm3/fs/open.c~do_truncate-time_attrs	2006-06-30 16:41:21.000000000 +0400
> +++ linux-2.6.17-mm3-root/fs/open.c	2006-06-30 16:49:54.000000000 +0400
> @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static long do_sys_truncate(const char _
>  	error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, NULL, length);
>  	if (!error) {
>  		DQUOT_INIT(inode);
> -		error = do_truncate(nd.dentry, length, 0, NULL);
> +		error = do_truncate(nd.dentry, length, ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME, NULL);
>  	}
>  	put_write_access(inode);
>  
>
> _
>
> --- End Message ---