Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Jul 1999 02:39:38 +0200 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [security]: kernel ioctl()'s [2] |
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Chris Evans wrote: > Oh yeah. So, question, what's the ext2_i.i_version used by? I suppose I > withdraw my objection to letting users set it!
According to include/linux/ext2_fs.h:
__u32 i_version; /* File version (for NFS) */
In fact it's not used by nfs ATM. (NFS experts, should it be?)
I proposed a useful use for it in the "JIT/metadata cacheing thread". Now to find those few spare minutes to actually implement my proposal...
-- Jamie
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