From: Nick Piggin Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #4] Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:03:46 +1000 Message-ID: <20100702110346.GB11732@laptop> References: <20100701235727.19035.84584.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, samba-technical-w/Ol4Ecudpl8XjKLYN78aQ@public.gmane.org, linux-ext4-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: David Howells Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100701235727.19035.84584.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-cifs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 12:57:28AM +0100, David Howells 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? Thanks, Nick