Re: [RFC] metadata updates vs. fetches (was Re: [PATCH v4] fs: Fix data race in inode_set_ctime_to_ts)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 at 14:24, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 02:10:30PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> > I *do* think that we could perhaps extend (and rename) the
> > inode->i_size_seqcount to just cover all of the core inode metadata
> > stuff.
>
> That would bring ->i_size_seqcount to 64bit architectures and
> potentially extend the time it's being held quite a bit even
> on 32bit...

Yes. But it seems fairly benign.

*IF* somebody really cares, that is.

         Linus