linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: exfat: drop unused field access_time

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Date:   Sun, 8 Sep 2019 17:41:40 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Valentin Vidic <vvidic@...entin-vidic.from.hr>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: exfat: drop unused field access_time_ms

On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 04:10:14PM +0000, Valentin Vidic wrote:
> Not used in the exfat-fuse implementation and spec defines
> this position should hold the value for CreateUtcOffset.

Then why not just put CreateUtcOffset in here instaed of deleting it?

I would much rather the fields match the spec in the structures for lots
of good reasons, instead of having loads of "reserved[]" variables.

thanks,

greg k-h