cp -p fails to preserve time

Rungta, Vandana vrungta at amazon.com
Tue Jul 31 17:56:32 UTC 2018


Hello,

cp   -p   <file>  <smbshare>/<destfile>
fails to preserve the time on the copied file, when we send the request from a Linux client that mounts a Samba share on a Linux server because update_write_time_on_close resets the dest file time to the current time.

Tested with Samba 4.8.3

Open file for write (fsp1),
write data
write_file  -> mark_file_modified -> trigger_write_time_update -> sets update_write_time_on_close on fsp1
stat open fsp2
setinfo
vfs call ntimes_fn with mtime = source file time
close fsp2
close fsp1
update_write_time_on_close is set on fsp1
vfs call ntimes_fn with mtime = current time

$ ll sample.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 xxx xxx 458 May 18 21:15 sample.txt
$ ll smbshare/sample.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 458 Jul 20 17:01 smbshare/sample.txt

Requests received from the client:
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CREATE] mid = 76
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CREATE] mid = 77   fsp1
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_GETINFO] mid = 78
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_WRITE] mid = 79
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CREATE] mid = 80   fsp2
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_SETINFO] mid = 81
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CLOSE] mid = 82    fsp2 closed
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CREATE] mid = 83   fsp3
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_SETINFO] mid = 84
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CLOSE] mid = 85    fsp3 closed
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CREATE] mid = 86   fsp4
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_SETINFO] mid = 87
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CLOSE] mid = 88    fsp4 closed
  smbd_smb2_request_dispatch: opcode[SMB2_OP_CLOSE] mid = 89    fsp1 closed

BTW:  If the share is mounted using vers=1.0 time is preserved.

Is this a known problem? Is there a workaround?

Potential solution options:

  1.  Option in smb.conf  to set update write time on close = no (File systems set their own mtime based on writes received)
  2.  Additional parameter to the vfs function ntimes_fn – to specify if the write modification time was because of a client request or because of update write time on close
  3.  Additional opens (fsp2, fsp3, etc) go look through all open handles on the files and clear the update write time on close flag if there is a setinfo request that updates the mtime.


I am happy to provide any additional debug info.

Thanks,
Vandana Rungta




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