Re: [PATCH v1 v1] ntfs: do not update ctime when setxattr fails

[Namjae Jeon]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM Baolin Liu <liubaolin12138@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> ntfs_setxattr() updates ctime and marks the inode dirty even when
> the operation fails. A failed setxattr(2) must not change file
> metadata.
>
> Update ctime only on success.
>
> Fixes: fc053f05ca28 ("ntfs: add reparse and ea operations")
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Applied it to #ntfs-next.
Thanks!