linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] erofs: rename ctime to mtime

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Message-ID: <40bafa49-41a0-880d-d1bc-85124cf9f750@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:23:06 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Anderson <dvander@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] erofs: rename ctime to mtime

On 2022/3/17 19:49, Gao Xiang wrote:
> From: David Anderson <dvander@...gle.com>
> 
> EROFS images should inherit modification time rather than change time,
> since users and host tooling have no easy way to control change time.
> 
> To reflect the new timestamp meaning, i_ctime and i_ctime_nsec are
> renamed to i_mtime and i_mtime_nsec.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Anderson <dvander@...gle.com>
> [ Gao Xiang: update document as well. ]
> Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>

Thanks,