[PATCH] 08-truncate_update_mtime.diff

   truncate now correctly sets mtime always. Before this fix, mtime was not
   updated if truncated file was of zero length or if new filesize was bigger
   then old.
   Problem was noticed by Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>

fs/reiserfs/stree.c

@@ -1705,8 +1705,7 @@ void reiserfs_do_truncate (struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
     }
 
     if ( n_file_size == 0 || n_file_size < n_new_file_size ) {
-	pathrelse(&s_search_path);
-	return;
+	goto update_and_out ;
     }
 
     /* Update key to search for the last file item. */
@@ -1759,6 +1758,7 @@ void reiserfs_do_truncate (struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 	    "PAP-5680: truncate did not finish: new_file_size %Ld, current %Ld, oid %d\n",
 	    n_new_file_size, n_file_size, s_item_key.on_disk_key.k_objectid);
 
+update_and_out:
     if (update_timestamps) {
 	// this is truncate, not file closing
 	p_s_inode->i_mtime = p_s_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;