linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call

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Message-ID: <1963780.VoDvOYV05y@merkaba>
Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:35:37 +0100
From:	Martin Steigerwald <martin@...htvoll.de>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	arnd@...db.de, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call

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Am Freitag, 20. November 2015, 16:28:35 CET schrieb David Howells:
> Martin Steigerwald <martin@...htvoll.de> wrote:
> > Any plans to add limitations of filesystem to the call like maximum file
> > size?  I know its mostly relevant for just for FAT32, but on any account
> > rather than trying to write 4 GiB and then file, it would be good to at
> > some time get a dialog at the beginning of the copy.
> 
> Adding filesystem limits can be done.  I got a shopping list of things
> people wanted a while back and I've worked off of that list.  I can add
> other things - that's on of the reasons I left room for expansion.

Cool, thank you for bringing this forward.

I am teaching in my Linux trainings since years that one day one will be able 
to see file creation time with stat shell command, actually mentioning ideas 
to make some xstat/statx system call. :)

Thanks,
-- 
Martin
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