From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: OGAWA Hirofumi Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] fat: fix time updates for create and delete Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:58:01 +0900 Message-ID: <87obj35k3a.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> References: <1352642278-2730-1-git-send-email-linkinjeon@gmail.com> <874nkw86jz.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87sj8f5k4m.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Amit Sahrawat To: Namjae Jeon Return-path: In-Reply-To: <87sj8f5k4m.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> (OGAWA Hirofumi's message of "Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:57:13 +0900") Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org OGAWA Hirofumi writes: > Namjae Jeon writes: > >> 2012/11/12, OGAWA Hirofumi : >>> Namjae Jeon writes: >>> >>>> Correctly update modification and status change time in case of >>>> file/directory removal and creation. >>> >>> This changelog just explain "what", and it doesn't explain "why". Please >>> explain why we need this change. >>> >>> IIRC, timestamp handling in FAT driver is strange historically. Anyway, >>> FAT doesn't have "inode change time". It is "creation time" in FAT. >> Hi. OGAWA. >> I made this patch after comparing timestamp handlings with MSDOS and XFS. >> Should timestamp handling of FAT be same with MSDOS ? >> Am I missing ? > > What was difference with XFS, FAT, and MSDOS? BTW, I recall I checked this, and yes, it is strange. But it is historical. -- OGAWA Hirofumi