Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Schubert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] Extended file stat functions | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:24:32 +0200 |
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On Tuesday, June 29, 2010, David Howells wrote: > Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > Is there any chance we can use that chance and also add a field > > > > unsigned long long st_gen > > > > to struct_ xstat? Inode generation numbers really would be useful for > > userspace NFS servers and some fuse filesystems. > > That would be st_inode_version (equivalent to i_generation internally).
Ah, great, so already there :) I was looking for st_gen, as it is called that way on BSD. And as BSD already has it for a long time, shouldn't linux use the BSD identifier?
Thanks, Bernd
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