Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757048Ab0GBOgG (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jul 2010 10:36:06 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:65256 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755037Ab0GBOgD (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jul 2010 10:36:03 -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: <20100702110346.GB11732@laptop> References: <20100702110346.GB11732@laptop> <20100701235727.19035.84584.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Nick Piggin Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #4] Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:35:55 +0100 Message-ID: <991.1278081355@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 603 Lines: 17 Nick Piggin wrote: > > Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available, > > including file creation time, inode version and data version where > > available through the underlying filesystem. > > Can you describe the expected atomicity requirements for the requests, > please? As for stat(), lstat() and fstat(). 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/