linux-kernel - Re: [parch 1/4] vfs: utimensat(): ignore tv_sec if tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT or UTIME

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Date:	Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:27:54 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	mtk.manpages@...glemail.com
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@....de, miklos@...redi.hu, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	jamie@...reable.org, drepper@...hat.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [parch 1/4] vfs: utimensat(): ignore tv_sec if tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT
 or UTIME_NOW

> The POSIX.1 draft spec for utimensat() says that if a times[n].tv_nsec
> field is UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW, then the value in the corresponding
> tv_sec field is ignored.  However the current Linux implementation
> requires the tv_sec value to be zero (or the EINVAL error results).
> This requirement should be removed.
> 
> CC: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
> CC: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> CC: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>

Would it be possible to quote the relevant parts of the draft?
Otherwise

Acked-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
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