Bug 810257

Summary: systemd-tmpfiles does not preserve atime of subdirectories
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Miloslav Trmač <mitr>
Component: systemdAssignee: systemd-maint
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Miloslav Trmač 2012-04-05 13:27:54 UTC 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
systemd-37-17.fc16.x86_64 and, AFAICS, current upstream git

Steps to reproduce:
> # LC_ALL=C stat /tmp/virtual-mitr.xcx2wx/ |grep ': 2012'
> Access: 2012-03-31 15:24:35.818233723 +0200
> Modify: 2012-03-31 15:24:35.818233723 +0200
> Change: 2012-04-05 15:24:35.818056217 +0200
> # LC_ALL=C date; /bin/systemd-tmpfiles --clean
> Thu Apr  5 15:25:34 CEST 2012
> Successfully loaded SELinux database in 8ms 343us, size on heap is 482K.

Actual results:
> # LC_ALL=C stat /tmp/virtual-mitr.xcx2wx/ |grep ': 2'
> Device: fd02h/64770d	Inode: 18088068    Links: 2
> Access: 2012-04-05 15:25:34.191942631 +0200
> Modify: 2012-03-31 15:24:35.818233723 +0200
> Change: 2012-04-05 15:24:35.818056217 +0200

Expected results:
atime preserved

Additional info:
This means that systemd-tmpwatch never removes the subdirectory, and prevents tmpwatch for removing it as well.

From a quick look, this should be unconditional:
>        if (deleted) {
>                /* Restore original directory timestamps */
Comment 1 Miloslav Trmač 2012-04-05 13:45:56 UTC 
FWIW, when testing this, keep in mind that the default for ext* is "relatime", so if atime is less than one day in the past, it won't be updated.
Comment 2 Kay Sievers 2012-04-11 19:59:35 UTC 
Fix is in systemd git now. Thanks!

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=e5f3d1ba124f14477d6b5434982d7d44a472a66f
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-05-18 23:38:24 UTC 
systemd-44-9.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-44-9.fc17
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-05-18 23:57:31 UTC 
systemd-37-20.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-37-20.fc16
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-05-19 18:33:37 UTC 
Package systemd-44-9.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-44-9.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-8127/systemd-44-9.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-05-29 10:34:07 UTC 
systemd-44-12.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-06-05 23:10:47 UTC 
systemd-37-25.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.