Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756345Ab0GaQyK (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:54:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:45031 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754125Ab0GaQyF (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:54:05 -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: <1280524978.2452.9.camel@segv.aura.of.mankind> References: <1280524978.2452.9.camel@segv.aura.of.mankind> <20100715021709.5544.64506.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20100715021712.5544.44845.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <30448.1279800887@redhat.com> To: utz lehmann Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Linus Torvalds , Jeremy Allison , Volker.Lendecke@sernet.de, Jan Engelhardt , linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsde@jasper.es Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/18] xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #6] Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:53:32 +0100 Message-ID: <3533.1280595212@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 501 Lines: 13 utz lehmann wrote: > When abusing an existing time stamp use atime not ctime please. > ctime has it's uses. atime was just a mistake and is nearly useless. CacheFiles currently uses atime to determine least-recently-usedness. 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/