linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/25] cifs: implement i_op->atomic_open() and i_op->atomic

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Message-ID: <20120324142212.GD25980@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:22:12 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com, sfrench@...ba.org, sage@...dream.net,
	ericvh@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/25] cifs: implement i_op->atomic_open() and
 i_op->atomic_create()

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 02:39:16PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Apparently CIFS is the only one that can tell whether the file was
> created or not.  If the flag is set then notify_create() is called.
> Users of NFS doesn't seem to care, it's of dubious value anyway, but why
> not use the info when available?

Given that *notify doesn't work correctly on non-local filesystes anyway
I don't think it matters.
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