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Message-ID: <87obj35k3a.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp>
Date:	Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:58:01 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Amit Sahrawat <amit.sahrawat83@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] fat: fix time updates for create and delete

OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp> writes:

> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com> writes:
>
>> 2012/11/12, OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>:
>>> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Correctly update modification and status change time in case of
>>>> file/directory removal and creation.
>>>
>>> This changelog just explain "what", and it doesn't explain "why". Please
>>> explain why we need this change.
>>>
>>> IIRC, timestamp handling in FAT driver is strange historically. Anyway,
>>> FAT doesn't have "inode change time". It is "creation time" in FAT.
>> Hi. OGAWA.
>> I made this patch after comparing timestamp handlings with MSDOS and XFS.
>> Should timestamp handling of FAT be same with MSDOS ?
>> Am I missing ?
>
> What was difference with XFS, FAT, and MSDOS?

BTW, I recall I checked this, and yes, it is strange. But it is historical.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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