Enable multigrain timestamps, which should ensure that there is an apparent change to the timestamp whenever it has been written after being actively observed via getattr.
For ext4, we only need to enable the FS_MGTIME flag. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index c682fb927b64..9ae48763f81f 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -7310,7 +7310,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext4_fs_type = { .init_fs_context = ext4_init_fs_context, .parameters = ext4_param_specs, .kill_sb = ext4_kill_sb, - .fs_flags = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP, + .fs_flags = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP | FS_MGTIME, }; MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext4"); -- 2.45.2