linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 02/18] xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #6]

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Message-ID: <30448.1279800887@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:14:47 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/18] xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #6]

Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de> wrote:

> Linux already has a creation time field, it's called otime (there is no "b"
> in "creation"), and you will find scattered fragments of that all over the
> kernel (foremost, fs/jfs/, now btrfs, and I also notice sysvipc having
> something with that name).

It is?  It's called crtime in Ext4.  st_btime, however, would be compatible
with BSD's stat, and Samba would just use it by way of autoconf magic if it
appeared.

David
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