linux-kernel - Re: filesystem time stamp resolution

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Message-ID: <87r61k2rl4.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:48:23 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: filesystem time stamp resolution

Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> writes:

> How can code at userlevel (e.g., glibc) determine the resolution of the
> a filesystem timestamp?

One issue is network file systems. The kernel has no idea what a
remote NFS (or other network) file system will support, because it
depends on the file system on the remote server.

-Andi

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