From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Mike Marshall <hubcap@omnibond.com>,
Martin Brandenburg <martin@omnibond.com>,
Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>, Stefan Roesch <shr@fb.com>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>,
Trond Myklebust <trondmy@kernel.org>,
Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, gfs2@lists.linux.dev,
io-uring@vger.kernel.org, devel@lists.orangefs.org,
linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 08/11] fs: add support for non-blocking timestamp updates
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 15:19:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108141934.2052404-9-hch@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108141934.2052404-1-hch@lst.de>
Currently file_update_time_flags unconditionally returns -EAGAIN if any
timestamp needs to be updated and IOCB_NOWAIT is passed. This makes
non-blocking direct writes impossible on file systems with granular
enough timestamps.
Pass IOCB_NOWAIT to ->update_time and return -EAGAIN if it could block.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
---
fs/btrfs/inode.c | 2 ++
fs/gfs2/inode.c | 3 +++
fs/inode.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
fs/orangefs/inode.c | 3 +++
fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 2 ++
fs/ubifs/file.c | 3 +++
fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c | 3 +++
7 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 23fc38de9be5..241727459c0a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6362,6 +6362,8 @@ static int btrfs_update_time(struct inode *inode, enum fs_update_time type,
if (btrfs_root_readonly(root))
return -EROFS;
+ if (flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EAGAIN;
dirty = inode_update_time(inode, type, flags);
if (dirty <= 0)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 4ef39ff6889d..c02ebf0ca625 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -2250,6 +2250,9 @@ static int gfs2_update_time(struct inode *inode, enum fs_update_time type,
struct gfs2_holder *gh;
int error;
+ if (flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
gh = gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(gl);
if (gh && gl->gl_state != LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE) {
gfs2_glock_dq(gh);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 0cafe74bff2d..cd3ca98e8355 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ static int inode_update_atime(struct inode *inode)
return inode_time_dirty_flag(inode);
}
-static int inode_update_cmtime(struct inode *inode)
+static int inode_update_cmtime(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags)
{
struct timespec64 ctime = inode_get_ctime(inode);
struct timespec64 mtime = inode_get_mtime(inode);
@@ -2101,12 +2101,27 @@ static int inode_update_cmtime(struct inode *inode)
mtime_changed = !timespec64_equal(&now, &mtime);
if (mtime_changed || !timespec64_equal(&now, &ctime))
dirty = inode_time_dirty_flag(inode);
- if (mtime_changed)
- inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, now);
- if (IS_I_VERSION(inode) && inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, !!dirty))
- dirty |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
+ /*
+ * Pure timestamp updates can be recorded in the inode without blocking
+ * by not dirtying the inode. But when the file system requires
+ * i_version updates, the update of i_version can still block.
+ * Error out if we'd actually have to update i_version or don't support
+ * lazytime.
+ */
+ if (IS_I_VERSION(inode)) {
+ if (flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+ if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME) ||
+ inode_iversion_need_inc(inode))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ } else {
+ if (inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, !!dirty))
+ dirty |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
+ }
+ }
+ if (mtime_changed)
+ inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, now);
return dirty;
}
@@ -2131,7 +2146,7 @@ int inode_update_time(struct inode *inode, enum fs_update_time type,
case FS_UPD_ATIME:
return inode_update_atime(inode);
case FS_UPD_CMTIME:
- return inode_update_cmtime(inode);
+ return inode_update_cmtime(inode, flags);
default:
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
return -EIO;
@@ -2152,6 +2167,16 @@ int generic_update_time(struct inode *inode, enum fs_update_time type,
{
int dirty;
+ /*
+ * ->dirty_inode is what could make generic timestamp updates block.
+ * Don't support non-blocking timestamp updates here if it is set.
+ * File systems that implement ->dirty_inode but want to support
+ * non-blocking timestamp updates should call inode_update_time
+ * directly.
+ */
+ if ((flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) && inode->i_sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
dirty = inode_update_time(inode, type, flags);
if (dirty <= 0)
return dirty;
@@ -2380,15 +2405,13 @@ static int file_update_time_flags(struct file *file, unsigned int flags)
if (!need_update)
return 0;
- if (flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
- return -EAGAIN;
-
+ flags &= IOCB_NOWAIT;
if (mnt_get_write_access_file(file))
return 0;
if (inode->i_op->update_time)
- ret = inode->i_op->update_time(inode, FS_UPD_CMTIME, 0);
+ ret = inode->i_op->update_time(inode, FS_UPD_CMTIME, flags);
else
- ret = generic_update_time(inode, FS_UPD_CMTIME, 0);
+ ret = generic_update_time(inode, FS_UPD_CMTIME, flags);
mnt_put_write_access_file(file);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/inode.c b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
index eab16afb5b8a..f420f48fc069 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
@@ -878,6 +878,9 @@ int orangefs_update_time(struct inode *inode, enum fs_update_time type,
struct iattr iattr = { };
int dirty;
+ if (flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
switch (type) {
case FS_UPD_ATIME:
iattr.ia_valid = ATTR_ATIME;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index c0ce3519e4af..00c69707bda9 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ int ovl_update_time(struct inode *inode, enum fs_update_time type,
};
if (upperpath.dentry) {
+ if (flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EAGAIN;
touch_atime(&upperpath);
inode_set_atime_to_ts(inode,
inode_get_atime(d_inode(upperpath.dentry)));
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 0cc44ad142de..3dc3ca1cd803 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1377,6 +1377,9 @@ int ubifs_update_time(struct inode *inode, enum fs_update_time type,
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT))
return generic_update_time(inode, type, flags);
+ if (flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
err = ubifs_budget_space(c, &req);
if (err)
return err;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index d9eae1af14a8..aef5b05c1b76 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1195,6 +1195,9 @@ xfs_vn_update_time(
trace_xfs_update_time(ip);
+ if (flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME) {
if (type == FS_UPD_ATIME ||
!inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, false))
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-08 14:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 14:19 re-enable IOCB_NOWAIT writes to files v6 Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 01/11] fs: remove inode_update_time Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 02/11] fs: allow error returns from generic_update_time Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 03/11] nfs: split nfs_update_timestamps Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 04/11] fat: cleanup the flags for fat_truncate_time Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 05/11] fs: refactor ->update_time handling Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 15:20 ` Jan Kara
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 06/11] fs: factor out a sync_lazytime helper Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 15:24 ` Jan Kara
2026-01-08 14:19 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 09/11] fs: refactor file_update_time_flags Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 10/11] xfs: implement ->sync_lazytime Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-08 14:19 ` [PATCH 11/11] xfs: enable non-blocking timestamp updates Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-12 13:02 ` re-enable IOCB_NOWAIT writes to files v6 Christian Brauner
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-01-06 7:49 re-enable IOCB_NOWAIT writes to files v5 Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-06 7:50 ` [PATCH 08/11] fs: add support for non-blocking timestamp updates Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-06 11:58 ` Jan Kara
2026-01-06 12:13 ` Jeff Layton
2025-12-23 0:37 re-enable IOCB_NOWAIT writes to files v4 Christoph Hellwig
2025-12-23 0:37 ` [PATCH 08/11] fs: add support for non-blocking timestamp updates Christoph Hellwig
2025-12-23 5:38 ` Chaitanya Kulkarni
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