Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:59:57 +0100 (BST) | From | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] Extended file stat functions |
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2010, David Howells wrote:
> > 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? > > Sure. I guess you'd also want it to be a u64?
Note the Alpha port has had an st_gen member reserved in its struct stat for many years now ;) -- which could have been DEC OSF/1 legacy. I'm glad to see this member seriously considered after these many years and previously rejected proposals.
Maciej
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