Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755233Ab0FYM4E (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:56:04 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:50162 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752535Ab0FYM4B (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:56:01 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <4C24A606.5040001@suse.de> References: <4C24A606.5040001@suse.de> <1277220214-3597-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman@suse.de> <9822.1277312573@redhat.com> To: Suresh Jayaraman Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Steve French , linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 06/10] cifs: define inode-level cache object and register them Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:55:49 +0100 Message-ID: <22697.1277470549@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 677 Lines: 17 Suresh Jayaraman wrote: > I think the creation time is currently being ignored as we won't be able > to accomodate in POSIX stat struct. The FS-Cache interface doesn't use the POSIX stat struct, but it could be really useful to save it and use it for cache coherency inside the kernel. Out of interest, what does Samba do when it comes to generating a creation time for UNIX where one does not exist? David -- 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/