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Message-ID: <20080715214442.GA9222@shareable.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:44:42 +0100
From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc: Sage Weil <sage@...dream.net>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ceph-devel@...ts.sf.net
Subject: Re: Recursive directory accounting for size, ctime, etc.
J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> I just wonder how one would explain to users (or application writers)
> why changes to a file are reflected in the parent's rctime in one case,
> and not in another, especially if the primary link is otherwise
> indistinguishable from the others. The symptoms could be a bit
> mysterious from their point of view.
Btw, what happens when the primary link is deleted? Does another link
become the primary link?
-- Jamie
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