Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: add support for an i_version counter

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Thu Nov 30 2023 - 13:35:58 EST


On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 02:04:09AM -0700, Yangtao Li wrote:
> NFSv4 mandates a change attribute to avoid problems with timestamp
> granularity, which Linux implements using the i_version counter. This is
> particularly important when the underlying filesystem is fast.
>
> BTW introduce a new mount option to enable the iversion functionality,
> and disabling it by default.

Why do you want to replicate the mistake made in ext4 and undone by
commit 1ff20307393e ?