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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] relatime: Let relatime update atime at least once per day
    On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 05:19:26PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
    > Allow atime to be updated once per day even with relatime. This lets
    > utilities like tmpreaper (which delete files based on last access time)
    > continue working.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
    > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
    > Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>

    My name is Valerie Aurora Henson, and I endorse this patch.

    Acked-by: Valerie Aurora Henson <vaurora@redhat.com>

    -VAL

    > ---
    >
    > I've removed the adjustable time code, since nobody's come up with a
    > terribly good use case for it. This makes relatime more useful in the
    > generic case - there may be situations where it still doesn't satisfy
    > people, but that's not a regression over the current situation.
    >
    > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
    > index 0487ddb..057c92b 100644
    > --- a/fs/inode.c
    > +++ b/fs/inode.c
    > @@ -1179,6 +1179,40 @@ sector_t bmap(struct inode * inode, sector_t block)
    > }
    > EXPORT_SYMBOL(bmap);
    >
    > +/*
    > + * With relative atime, only update atime if the previous atime is
    > + * earlier than either the ctime or mtime or if at least a day has
    > + * passed since the last atime update.
    > + */
    > +static int relatime_need_update(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct inode *inode,
    > + struct timespec now)
    > +{
    > +
    > + if (!(mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_RELATIME))
    > + return 1;
    > + /*
    > + * Is mtime younger than atime? If yes, update atime:
    > + */
    > + if (timespec_compare(&inode->i_mtime, &inode->i_atime) >= 0)
    > + return 1;
    > + /*
    > + * Is ctime younger than atime? If yes, update atime:
    > + */
    > + if (timespec_compare(&inode->i_ctime, &inode->i_atime) >= 0)
    > + return 1;
    > +
    > + /*
    > + * Is the previous atime value older than a day? If yes,
    > + * update atime:
    > + */
    > + if ((long)(now.tv_sec - inode->i_atime.tv_sec) >= 24*60*60)
    > + return 1;
    > + /*
    > + * Good, we can skip the atime update:
    > + */
    > + return 0;
    > +}
    > +
    > /**
    > * touch_atime - update the access time
    > * @mnt: mount the inode is accessed on
    > @@ -1206,17 +1240,12 @@ void touch_atime(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
    > goto out;
    > if ((mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NODIRATIME) && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
    > goto out;
    > - if (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_RELATIME) {
    > - /*
    > - * With relative atime, only update atime if the previous
    > - * atime is earlier than either the ctime or mtime.
    > - */
    > - if (timespec_compare(&inode->i_mtime, &inode->i_atime) < 0 &&
    > - timespec_compare(&inode->i_ctime, &inode->i_atime) < 0)
    > - goto out;
    > - }
    >
    > now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
    > +
    > + if (!relatime_need_update(mnt, inode, now))
    > + goto out;
    > +
    > if (timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &now))
    > goto out;
    >
    > --
    > Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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