linux-kernel - Re: [patch resend v4] update ctime and mtime for mmaped write

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Message-ID: <460B47BE.5080502@yahoo.com.au>
Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:59:42 +1000
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
To:	linux@...izon.com
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, miklos@...redi.hu
Subject: Re: [patch resend v4] update ctime and mtime for mmaped write

linux@...izon.com wrote:
>>But if you didn't notice until now, then the current implementation
>>must be pretty reasonable for you use as well.
> 
> 
> Oh, I definitely noticed.  As soon as I tried to port my application
> to 2.6, it broke - as evidenced by my complaints last year.  The
> current solution is simple - since it's running on dedicated boxes,
> leave them on 2.4.

Well I didn't know that was a change in behaviour vs 2.4 (or maybe I
did and forgot). That was probably a bit silly, unless there was a
good reason for it.

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SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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