linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Make relatime default

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Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:20:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	David Rees <drees76@...il.com>, Jesper Krogh <jesper@...gh.cc>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Make relatime default



On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> Well, stat() syscall no longer returns sane value in st_atime, while
> all the userland stayed the same; only kernel changed. I believe that
> is ABI change.

No. 

If you want the old abi, use "strictatime" in your /etc/fstime.

No ABI changed. Just the default mount options changed to be what most 
people (especially non-specialists) would likely want.

Deal with it.

		Linus
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