[PATCH 09/11] fs: refactor file_update_time_flags
Christoph Hellwig
hch at lst.de
Thu Jan 8 06:19:09 PST 2026
Split all the inode timestamp flags into a helper. This not only
makes the code a bit more readable, but also optimizes away the
further checks as soon as know we need an update.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>
---
fs/inode.c | 31 +++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index cd3ca98e8355..5913e1993e4a 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -2378,31 +2378,30 @@ struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_time);
+static inline bool need_cmtime_update(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ struct timespec64 now = current_time(inode), ts;
+
+ ts = inode_get_mtime(inode);
+ if (!timespec64_equal(&ts, &now))
+ return true;
+ ts = inode_get_ctime(inode);
+ if (!timespec64_equal(&ts, &now))
+ return true;
+ return IS_I_VERSION(inode) && inode_iversion_need_inc(inode);
+}
+
static int file_update_time_flags(struct file *file, unsigned int flags)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
- struct timespec64 now, ts;
- bool need_update = false;
- int ret = 0;
+ int ret;
/* First try to exhaust all avenues to not sync */
if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode))
return 0;
if (unlikely(file->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME))
return 0;
-
- now = current_time(inode);
-
- ts = inode_get_mtime(inode);
- if (!timespec64_equal(&ts, &now))
- need_update = true;
- ts = inode_get_ctime(inode);
- if (!timespec64_equal(&ts, &now))
- need_update = true;
- if (IS_I_VERSION(inode) && inode_iversion_need_inc(inode))
- need_update = true;
-
- if (!need_update)
+ if (!need_cmtime_update(inode))
return 0;
flags &= IOCB_NOWAIT;
--
2.47.3
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