linux-kernel - Re: Revised statx(2) man page for review

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Message-ID: <20170425200656.GA30045@altlinux.org>
Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:06:56 +0300
From:   "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@...linux.org>
To:     "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-man <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Revised statx(2) man page for review

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 01:14:26PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
[...]
>        The file timestamps are structures of the following type:
> 
>            struct statx_timestamp {
>                __s64 tv_sec;    /* Seconds since the Epoch (UNIX time) */
>                __s32 tv_nsec;   /* Nanoseconds before or since tv_sec */
>            };

Nanoseconds since tv_sec.  The "before tv_sec" is not implemented yet
and I hope nobody is going to implement it for the reasons I mentioned
in https://marc.info/?i=20170422192743.GA17005%40altlinux.org


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