Re: [PATCH 01/79] fs: add ctime accessors infrastructure
Luis Chamberlain <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 10:45:06AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > struct timespec64 has unused bits in the tv_nsec field that can be used > for other purposes. In future patches, we're going to change how the > inode->i_ctime is accessed in certain inodes in order to make use of > them. In order to do that safely though, we'll need to eradicate raw > accesses of the inode->i_ctime field from the kernel. > > Add new accessor functions for the ctime that we can use to replace them. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <[email protected]> Luis