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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst3
-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c37
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_super.c10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h9
4 files changed, 41 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index 6cd6953e175b..b2ef2449aed9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ or bottom half).
This is specifically for the inode itself being marked dirty,
not its data. If the update needs to be persisted by fdatasync(),
then I_DIRTY_DATASYNC will be set in the flags argument.
+ I_DIRTY_TIME will be set in the flags in case lazytime is enabled
+ and struct inode has times updated since the last ->dirty_inode
+ call.
``write_inode``
this method is called when the VFS needs to write an inode to
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 08a1993ab7fd..443f83382b9b 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1718,9 +1718,14 @@ static int writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
*/
if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL))
inode_cgwb_move_to_attached(inode, wb);
- else if (!(inode->i_state & I_SYNC_QUEUED) &&
- (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
- redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
+ else if (!(inode->i_state & I_SYNC_QUEUED)) {
+ if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
+ redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
+ else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
+ inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
+ inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty_time);
+ }
+ }
spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
inode_sync_complete(inode);
@@ -2370,6 +2375,20 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
if (flags & I_DIRTY_INODE) {
/*
+ * Inode timestamp update will piggback on this dirtying.
+ * We tell ->dirty_inode callback that timestamps need to
+ * be updated by setting I_DIRTY_TIME in flags.
+ */
+ if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
+ inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
+ flags |= I_DIRTY_TIME;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ }
+
+ /*
* Notify the filesystem about the inode being dirtied, so that
* (if needed) it can update on-disk fields and journal the
* inode. This is only needed when the inode itself is being
@@ -2378,7 +2397,8 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
*/
trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode, flags);
if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
- sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags & I_DIRTY_INODE);
+ sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode,
+ flags & (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_TIME));
trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode, flags);
/* I_DIRTY_INODE supersedes I_DIRTY_TIME. */
@@ -2399,21 +2419,15 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
*/
smp_mb();
- if (((inode->i_state & flags) == flags) ||
- (dirtytime && (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_INODE)))
+ if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
return;
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
- if (dirtytime && (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_INODE))
- goto out_unlock_inode;
if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
inode_attach_wb(inode, NULL);
- /* I_DIRTY_INODE supersedes I_DIRTY_TIME. */
- if (flags & I_DIRTY_INODE)
- inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
inode->i_state |= flags;
/*
@@ -2486,7 +2500,6 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
out_unlock:
if (wb)
spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
-out_unlock_inode:
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 9ac59814bbb6..f029c6702dda 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ xfs_fs_destroy_inode(
static void
xfs_fs_dirty_inode(
struct inode *inode,
- int flag)
+ int flags)
{
struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
@@ -661,7 +661,13 @@ xfs_fs_dirty_inode(
if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME))
return;
- if (flag != I_DIRTY_SYNC || !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME))
+
+ /*
+ * Only do the timestamp update if the inode is dirty (I_DIRTY_SYNC)
+ * and has dirty timestamp (I_DIRTY_TIME). I_DIRTY_TIME can be passed
+ * in flags possibly together with I_DIRTY_SYNC.
+ */
+ if ((flags & ~I_DIRTY_TIME) != I_DIRTY_SYNC || !(flags & I_DIRTY_TIME))
return;
if (xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_fsyncts, 0, 0, 0, &tp))
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9eced4cc286e..56a4b4b02477 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2371,13 +2371,14 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
* don't have to write inode on fdatasync() when only
* e.g. the timestamps have changed.
* I_DIRTY_PAGES Inode has dirty pages. Inode itself may be clean.
- * I_DIRTY_TIME The inode itself only has dirty timestamps, and the
+ * I_DIRTY_TIME The inode itself has dirty timestamps, and the
* lazytime mount option is enabled. We keep track of this
* separately from I_DIRTY_SYNC in order to implement
* lazytime. This gets cleared if I_DIRTY_INODE
- * (I_DIRTY_SYNC and/or I_DIRTY_DATASYNC) gets set. I.e.
- * either I_DIRTY_TIME *or* I_DIRTY_INODE can be set in
- * i_state, but not both. I_DIRTY_PAGES may still be set.
+ * (I_DIRTY_SYNC and/or I_DIRTY_DATASYNC) gets set. But
+ * I_DIRTY_TIME can still be set if I_DIRTY_SYNC is already
+ * in place because writeback might already be in progress
+ * and we don't want to lose the time update
* I_NEW Serves as both a mutex and completion notification.
* New inodes set I_NEW. If two processes both create
* the same inode, one of them will release its inode and