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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 7591d2d2dcbb..7098f085d32d 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2372,13 +2372,14 @@ 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 |