if (timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &now))
return;
- if (mnt_want_write(mnt))
+ if (!sb_start_write_trylock(inode->i_sb))
return;
+ if (__mnt_want_write(mnt))
+ goto skip_update;
/*
* File systems can error out when updating inodes if they need to
* allocate new space to modify an inode (such is the case for
* Btrfs), but since we touch atime while walking down the path we
* really don't care if we failed to update the atime of the file,
* so just ignore the return value.
+ * We may also fail on filesystems that have the ability to make parts
+ * of the fs read only, e.g. subvolumes in Btrfs.
*/
update_time(inode, &now, S_ATIME);
- mnt_drop_write(mnt);
+ __mnt_drop_write(mnt);
+skip_update:
+ sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);