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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: Apparent backward time travel in timestamps on file creation
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:13:47 +0100
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> The error bar can be huge, for the simple reason that the filesystem
> you are testing may not be sharing a clock with the CPU at _all_.
> 
> IOW, think network filesystems.

Can't I just not do the tests when the filesystem is a network fs?  I don't
think it should be a problem for disk filesystems on network-attached storage.

David