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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] Extended file stat functions
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    Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> wrote:

    > There has been a lot of interest in allowing the user to specify exactly
    > which fields they want the filesystem to return, and whether or not the
    > kernel can use cached data or not. The main use is to allow
    > specification of a 'stat light' that could help speed up
    > "readdir()+multiple stat()" type queries. At last year's Filesystem and
    > Storage Workshop, Mark Fasheh actually came up with an initial design:
    >
    > http://www.kerneltrap.com/mailarchive/linux-fsdevel/2009/4/7/5427274
    >
    > If we're going to add in a whole new syscall for stat, should we perhaps
    > revisit this discussion?

    I could certainly absorb that patch.

    One further consideration following on from what you said: Is it worth having
    an extended getdents() that can return stat data too? That might be useful
    for NFS.

    David


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