orangefs: stop setting atime on inode dirty

The previous code path was to mark the inode dirty, let
orangefs_inode_dirty set a flag in our private inode, then later during
inode release call orangefs_flush_inode which notices the flag and
writes the atime out.

The code path worked almost identically for mtime, ctime, and mode
except that those flags are set explicitly and not as side effects of
dirty.

Now orangefs_flush_inode is removed.  Marking an inode dirty does not
imply an atime update.  Any place where flags were set before is now
an explicit call to orangefs_inode_setattr.  Since OrangeFS does not
utilize inode writeback, the attribute change should be written out
immediately.

Fixes generic/120.

In namei.c, there are several places where the directory mtime and ctime
are set, but only the mtime is sent to the server.  These don't seem
right, but I've left them as is for now.

Signed-off-by: Martin Brandenburg <martin@omnibond.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Marshall <hubcap@omnibond.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 82 deletions

diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-utils.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-utils.c
index 994a0604145a..97fe93129f38 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-utils.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-utils.c
@@ -438,89 +438,8 @@ int orangefs_inode_setattr(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *iattr)
 
 	op_release(new_op);
 
-	/*
-	 * successful setattr should clear the atime, mtime and
-	 * ctime flags.
-	 */
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		ClearAtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-		ClearMtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-		ClearCtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-		ClearModeFlag(orangefs_inode);
+	if (ret == 0)
 		orangefs_inode->getattr_time = jiffies - 1;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int orangefs_flush_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If it is a dirty inode, this function gets called.
-	 * Gather all the information that needs to be setattr'ed
-	 * Right now, this will only be used for mode, atime, mtime
-	 * and/or ctime.
-	 */
-	struct iattr wbattr;
-	int ret;
-	int mtime_flag;
-	int ctime_flag;
-	int atime_flag;
-	int mode_flag;
-	struct orangefs_inode_s *orangefs_inode = ORANGEFS_I(inode);
-
-	memset(&wbattr, 0, sizeof(wbattr));
-
-	/*
-	 * check inode flags up front, and clear them if they are set.  This
-	 * will prevent multiple processes from all trying to flush the same
-	 * inode if they call close() simultaneously
-	 */
-	mtime_flag = MtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-	ClearMtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-	ctime_flag = CtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-	ClearCtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-	atime_flag = AtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-	ClearAtimeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-	mode_flag = ModeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-	ClearModeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-
-	/*  -- Lazy atime,mtime and ctime update --
-	 * Note: all times are dictated by server in the new scheme
-	 * and not by the clients
-	 *
-	 * Also mode updates are being handled now..
-	 */
-
-	if (mtime_flag)
-		wbattr.ia_valid |= ATTR_MTIME;
-	if (ctime_flag)
-		wbattr.ia_valid |= ATTR_CTIME;
-	if (atime_flag)
-		wbattr.ia_valid |= ATTR_ATIME;
-
-	if (mode_flag) {
-		wbattr.ia_mode = inode->i_mode;
-		wbattr.ia_valid |= ATTR_MODE;
-	}
-
-	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_UTILS_DEBUG,
-		     "*********** orangefs_flush_inode: %pU "
-		     "(ia_valid %d)\n",
-		     get_khandle_from_ino(inode),
-		     wbattr.ia_valid);
-	if (wbattr.ia_valid == 0) {
-		gossip_debug(GOSSIP_UTILS_DEBUG,
-			     "orangefs_flush_inode skipping setattr()\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_UTILS_DEBUG,
-		     "orangefs_flush_inode (%pU) writing mode %o\n",
-		     get_khandle_from_ino(inode),
-		     inode->i_mode);
-
-	ret = orangefs_inode_setattr(inode, &wbattr);
 
 	return ret;
 }