---
 fs/inode.c         | 16 ++++++++++++++
 include/linux/fs.h | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index d37fad91c8da..c005e7328fbb 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c

@@ -2499,6 +2499,22 @@ struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_time);
 
+/**
+ * inode_ctime_set_current - set the ctime to current_time
+ * @inode: inode
+ *
+ * Set the inode->i_ctime to the current value for the inode. Returns
+ * the current value that was assigned to i_ctime.
+ */
+struct timespec64 inode_ctime_set_current(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct timespec64 now = current_time(inode);
+
+	inode_set_ctime(inode, now);
+	return now;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_ctime_set_current);
+
 /**
  * in_group_or_capable - check whether caller is CAP_FSETID privileged
  * @idmap:	idmap of the mount @inode was found from

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6867512907d6..9afb30606373 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h

@@ -1474,7 +1474,58 @@ static inline bool fsuidgid_has_mapping(struct super_block *sb,
 	       kgid_has_mapping(fs_userns, kgid);
 }
 
-extern struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode);
+struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode);
+struct timespec64 inode_ctime_set_current(struct inode *inode);
+
+/**
+ * inode_ctime_peek - fetch the current ctime from the inode
+ * @inode: inode from which to fetch ctime
+ *
+ * Grab the current ctime from the inode and return it.
+ */
+static inline struct timespec64 inode_ctime_peek(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode->i_ctime;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_ctime_set - set the ctime in the inode to the given value
+ * @inode: inode in which to set the ctime
+ * @ts: timespec value to set the ctime
+ *
+ * Set the ctime in @inode to @ts.
+ */
+static inline struct timespec64 inode_ctime_set(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 ts)
+{
+	inode->i_ctime = ts;
+	return ts;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_ctime_set_sec - set only the tv_sec field in the inode ctime
+ * @inode: inode in which to set the ctime
+ * @sec:  value to set the tv_sec field
+ *
+ * Set the sec field in the ctime. Returns @sec.
+ */
+static inline time64_t inode_ctime_set_sec(struct inode *inode, time64_t sec)
+{
+	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = sec;
+	return sec;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_ctime_set_nsec - set only the tv_nsec field in the inode ctime
+ * @inode: inode in which to set the ctime
+ * @nsec:  value to set the tv_nsec field
+ *
+ * Set the nsec field in the ctime. Returns @nsec.
+ */
+static inline long inode_ctime_set_nsec(struct inode *inode, long nsec)
+{
+	inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = nsec;
+	return nsec;
+}
 
 /*
  * Snapshotting support.

-- 
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