Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: dirty directory inodes on mtime/ctime update

Hello:

This patch was applied to jaegeuk/f2fs.git (dev)
by Jaegeuk Kim <[email protected]>:

On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:34:28 +0000 you wrote:
> Xfstests generic/547 sometimes fail with mismatched directory metadata
> before and after a power failure. This happens because when a directory
> entry is added, renamed, or deleted, its mtime and ctime are updated and
> the inode is marked dirty via
> f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, sync=false). The sync=false flag means
> the dirty inode is not added to the global DIRTY_META list. Therefore,
> subsequent checkpoints skip flushing these updated directory blocks,
> causing directory timestamps to revert to stale values after a sudden
> power failure.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [f2fs-dev,v2] f2fs: dirty directory inodes on mtime/ctime update
    https://git.kernel.org/jaegeuk/f2fs/c/9ec09d5f4b31

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