Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755564Ab0GVMPL (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:15:11 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:24704 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753603Ab0GVMPD (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:15:03 -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: References: <20100715021709.5544.64506.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20100715021712.5544.44845.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@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 02/18] xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #6] Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:14:47 +0100 Message-ID: <30448.1279800887@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 716 Lines: 17 Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Linux already has a creation time field, it's called otime (there is no "b" > in "creation"), and you will find scattered fragments of that all over the > kernel (foremost, fs/jfs/, now btrfs, and I also notice sysvipc having > something with that name). It is? It's called crtime in Ext4. st_btime, however, would be compatible with BSD's stat, and Samba would just use it by way of autoconf magic if it appeared. 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/