[PATCH 1/2] efivarfs: Update inode modification time for successful writes

From: Tony Luck
Date: Thu May 28 2020 - 15:49:19 EST


Some applications want to be able to see when EFI variables
have been updated.

Update the modification time for successful writes.

Reported-by: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/efivarfs/file.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/file.c b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
index e9e27a271af0..4b8bc4560d70 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
} else {
inode_lock(inode);
i_size_write(inode, datasize + sizeof(attributes));
+ inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
inode_unlock(inode);
}

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