Re: [PATCH 2/3] fat: fix time updates for create and delete

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> 2012/11/12, OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> Correctly update modification and status change time in case of
>>>> file/directory removal and creation.
>>>
>>> This changelog just explain "what", and it doesn't explain "why". Please
>>> explain why we need this change.
>>>
>>> IIRC, timestamp handling in FAT driver is strange historically. Anyway,
>>> FAT doesn't have "inode change time". It is "creation time" in FAT.
>> Hi. OGAWA.
>> I made this patch after comparing timestamp handlings with MSDOS and XFS.
>> Should timestamp handling of FAT be same with MSDOS ?
>> Am I missing ?
>
> What was difference with XFS, FAT, and MSDOS?

BTW, I recall I checked this, and yes, it is strange. But it is historical.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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