From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: Recursive directory accounting for size, ctime, etc. Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:44:42 +0100 Message-ID: <20080715214442.GA9222@shareable.org> References: <20080715195333.GK21590@fieldses.org> <20080715204812.GD25803@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Sage Weil , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@lists.sf.net To: "J. Bruce Fields" Return-path: Received: from mail2.shareable.org ([80.68.89.115]:53704 "EHLO mail2.shareable.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752453AbYGOVoq (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:44:46 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080715204812.GD25803@fieldses.org> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: J. Bruce Fields wrote: > I just wonder how one would explain to users (or application writers) > why changes to a file are reflected in the parent's rctime in one case, > and not in another, especially if the primary link is otherwise > indistinguishable from the others. The symptoms could be a bit > mysterious from their point of view. Btw, what happens when the primary link is deleted? Does another link become the primary link? -- Jamie