Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:39:20 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: statfs() / statvfs() syscall ballsup... |
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Trond Myklebust wrote: > > I don't care about the cache semantics at all; what I care > > about is whether a returned stat() result may be stale. > > Note that this too may be a per-file property.
Yes. A flag from stat() or similar to say it's stale would make sense. Alternatively, a flag _into_ something like stat() to ask for an up to date value, if that is possible.
I've often wondered if stat() couldn't be a bit more extensible with some flags or extended attributes.
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