- now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
- if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &now)) {
- inode->i_atime = now;
- mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+ if (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_RELATIME) {
+ /*
+ * With relative atime, only update atime if the
+ * previous atime is earlier than either the ctime or
+ * mtime.
+ */
+ if (timespec_compare(&inode->i_mtime,
+ &inode->i_atime) < 0 &&
+ timespec_compare(&inode->i_ctime,
+ &inode->i_atime) < 0)
+ return;
+ }