Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762908AbYGOVo5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:44:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754965AbYGOVor (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:44:47 -0400 Received: from mail2.shareable.org ([80.68.89.115]:53704 "EHLO mail2.shareable.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752453AbYGOVoq (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:44:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:44:42 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: "J. Bruce Fields" Cc: Sage Weil , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Recursive directory accounting for size, ctime, etc. Message-ID: <20080715214442.GA9222@shareable.org> References: <20080715195333.GK21590@fieldses.org> <20080715204812.GD25803@fieldses.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080715204812.GD25803@fieldses.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 692 Lines: 16 J. Bruce Fields wrote: > I just wonder how one would explain to users (or application writers) > why changes to a file are reflected in the parent's rctime in one case, > and not in another, especially if the primary link is otherwise > indistinguishable from the others. The symptoms could be a bit > mysterious from their point of view. Btw, what happens when the primary link is deleted? Does another link become the primary link? -- Jamie -- 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/