linux-kernel - Re: Nanosecond fs timestamp support: sad

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:47:32 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Nanosecond fs timestamp support: sad

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 04:11:42PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 22:59 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Indeed. Only usefully exists on ext4 and requires extra system calls.
> > 
> > Not sure what you mean?  It's in stat(2), just like the timestamps.
> 
> I don't see anything that looks like a version or generation number in
> either the man pages, the asm-generic/stat.h, or glibc's asm/stat.h.
> Pointer?

Hmm you're right. I thought it was in there, but apparently not.
I think it should be added there though. We still have some unused 
fields.

-Andi

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