linux-kernel - [PATCH] Correct comment for ext[23] filesystem "ctime" field

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1010201624150.3247@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:26:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	trivial@...nel.org
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Correct comment for ext[23] filesystem "ctime" field


Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>

---

  last i looked, ctime still wasn't the creation time.

diff --git a/include/linux/ext2_fs.h b/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
index 2dfa707..e084c99 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ struct ext2_inode {
 	__le16	i_uid;		/* Low 16 bits of Owner Uid */
 	__le32	i_size;		/* Size in bytes */
 	__le32	i_atime;	/* Access time */
-	__le32	i_ctime;	/* Creation time */
+	__le32	i_ctime;	/* Status change time */
 	__le32	i_mtime;	/* Modification time */
 	__le32	i_dtime;	/* Deletion Time */
 	__le16	i_gid;		/* Low 16 bits of Group Id */
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 6ce1bca..30438c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ struct ext3_inode {
 	__le16	i_uid;		/* Low 16 bits of Owner Uid */
 	__le32	i_size;		/* Size in bytes */
 	__le32	i_atime;	/* Access time */
-	__le32	i_ctime;	/* Creation time */
+	__le32	i_ctime;	/* Status change time */
 	__le32	i_mtime;	/* Modification time */
 	__le32	i_dtime;	/* Deletion Time */
 	__le16	i_gid;		/* Low 16 bits of Group Id */
-- 

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