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

[Namjae Jeon]

2012/11/12, OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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?
Okay, the description of patch was lacked, So I will resend patch with
specifical test reseult with other filesystem.
>
> BTW, I recall I checked this, and yes, it is strange. But it is historical.
"historical" means It is difficult to change ?

Thanks.
> --
> OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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