rec = req_capsule_client_get(&req->rq_pill, &RMF_REC_REINT);
mdc_setattr_pack_rec(rec, op_data);
+ /*
+ * The client will zero out local timestamps when losing the IBITS lock
+ * so any new RPC timestamps will update the client inode's timestamps.
+ * There was a defect on the server side which allowed the atime to be
+ * overwritten by a zeroed-out atime packed into the close RPC.
+ *
+ * Proactively clear the MDS_ATTR_ATIME flag in the RPC in this case
+ * to avoid zeroing the atime on old unpatched servers. See LU-8041.
+ */
+ if (rec->sa_atime == 0)
+ rec->sa_valid &= ~MDS_ATTR_ATIME;
+
mdc_ioepoch_pack(epoch, op_data);
mdc_hsm_release_pack(req, op_data);
}