Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754022AbYFDE2e (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:28:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750832AbYFDE2Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:28:25 -0400 Received: from fxip-0047f.externet.hu ([88.209.222.127]:59254 "EHLO pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750743AbYFDE2Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:28:25 -0400 To: mtk.manpages@googlemail.com CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de, miklos@szeredi.hu, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, jamie@shareable.org, drepper@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com In-reply-to: <4845C4B4.8040706@gmail.com> (message from Michael Kerrisk on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:24:52 +0200) Subject: Re: [parch 1/4] vfs: utimensat(): ignore tv_sec if tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW References: <4845C4B4.8040706@gmail.com> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:27:54 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 870 Lines: 20 > The POSIX.1 draft spec for utimensat() says that if a times[n].tv_nsec > field is UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW, then the value in the corresponding > tv_sec field is ignored. However the current Linux implementation > requires the tv_sec value to be zero (or the EINVAL error results). > This requirement should be removed. > > CC: Miklos Szeredi > CC: Al Viro > CC: Ulrich Drepper > Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk Would it be possible to quote the relevant parts of the draft? Otherwise Acked-by: Miklos Szeredi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/