From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Layton Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] cifs: use CreationTime like an i_generation field Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 20:55:49 -0500 Message-ID: <20101206205549.0c72e0a3@corrin.poochiereds.net> References: <1277723413-23769-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <1277723413-23769-3-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <20101122145541.2ab3536f@corrin.poochiereds.net> <20101122153125.68ee4ee6@corrin.poochiereds.net> <20101122205917.GC7071@samba2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeremy Allison , linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Steve French Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20101122205917.GC7071@samba2> Sender: linux-cifs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:59:17 -0800 Jeremy Allison wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 03:31:25PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:22:50 -0600 > > Steve French wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Jeff Layton wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:10:12 -0400 > > > > Jeff Layton wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve, can you clarify where we are with this patch? I originally sent > > > > this back in June. You and I discussed this at the CIFS plugfest and I > > > > had thought you had decided to merge it. It's still not in your tree > > > > however. Can you give a verdict on whether you're going to merge it and > > > > let me know when I can expect to see it in your tree if so? > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for reminding me. I had forgotten to ask JRA about a question > > > on legacy Samba behavior. I remembered that older Samba > > > had problems with creation time - and was trying to remember what > > > the implication of using this patch with older Samba was. > > > > > > > All samba versions have issues with create times (at least on Linux > > anyway). They fake them, by using the ctime (which seems like an odd > > choice to me) in most cases. > > New Samba's store create time in an xattr, so they can > return a reasonably valid create time value. > Steve, we're approaching the 6 month mark since I originally sent this patch. Could you make a decision on it soon so that I know what should be done with it? Thanks, -- Jeff Layton