linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Extended file stat functions

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Message-ID: <24517.1277845879@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:11:19 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...tmail.fm>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, smfrench@...il.com,
	jlayton@...hat.com, mcao@...ibm.com,
	aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, sjayaraman@...e.de,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Extended file stat functions

Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...tmail.fm> wrote:

> Is there any chance we can use that chance and also add a field 
> 
> unsigned long long st_gen
> 
> to struct_ xstat? Inode generation numbers really would be useful for 
> userspace NFS servers and some fuse filesystems.

That would be st_inode_version (equivalent to i_generation internally).

David
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