linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] relatime: Make relatime smarter

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Message-ID: <20081128134525.GB5058@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:45:25 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, val.henson@...il.com, matthew@....cx
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] relatime: Make relatime smarter

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:16:30AM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> > > +	relatime_interval=
> > > +			[FS] relative atime update frequency, in seconds.
> > > +			(default: 1 day: 86400 seconds)
> > 
> > What about leap seconds  ;)
> 
> More generally - is the relatime_interval in "monotonic" seconds, or
> in gettimeofday seconds which are changed by clock updates?

If this is actually a problem people in the real world are worried 
about, I think there's been a fundamental failure in the human race.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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