Re: [PATCH 2/2] vfs: support statx(..., NULL, AT_EMPTY_PATH, ...)

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Wed Jul 03 2024 - 13:41:13 EST


On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 at 10:30, Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> struct stat64 {
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> // ...
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> int st_atime; /* Time of last access. */

Oh wow. Shows just *how* long ago that was - and how long ago I looked
at 32-bit code. Because clearly, I was wrong.

I guess it shows how nobody actually cares about 32-bit any more, at
least in the 2037 sense.

The point stands, though - statx isn't a replacement for existing binaries.

Linus