Re: [PATCH 2/2] updating ctime and mtime at syncing

[Anton Salikhmetov]

2008/1/15, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Thanks for your review, Peter and Miklos!
> >
> > I overlooked this case when AS_MCTIME flag has been turned off and the
> > page is still dirty.
> >
> > On the other hand, the words "shall be marked for update" may be
> > considered as just setting the AS_MCTIME flag, not updating the time
> > stamps.
> >
> > What do you think about calling mapping_update_time() inside of "if
> > (MS_SYNC & flags)"? I suggest such change because the code for
> > analysis of the case you've mentioned above seems impossible to me.
>
> I think that's a good idea.  As a first iteration, just updating the
> mtime/ctime in msync(MS_SYNC) and remove_vma() (called at munmap time)
> would be a big improvement over what we currently have.
>
> I would also recommend, that you drop mapping_update_time() and the
> related functions from the patch, and just use file_update_time()
> instead.

Thank you for your recommendations. I will submit my new solution shortly.

By the way, I've already changed the unlink_file_vma() function.

>
> Miklos
>
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