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>
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