Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-06 Thread Dave Chinner
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 05:22:32PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > The point is that the behaviour before the relatime patch was that > the kernel updated the atime to the current time as the kernel > knows about it, it didn't make any decision about "the past" or > "the future". > > Relatime is

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-06 Thread Dave Chinner
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 05:22:32PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: The point is that the behaviour before the relatime patch was that the kernel updated the atime to the current time as the kernel knows about it, it didn't make any decision about the past or the future. Relatime is about

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-04 Thread Andreas Dilger
On 2012-12-04, at 13:24, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:56:39AM +0800, yangsheng wrote: >> Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the >> future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, >> but could also happen if someone

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Chinner
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:56:39AM +0800, yangsheng wrote: > Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the > future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, > but could also happen if someone fat-fingers a "touch". The future > atime will never be

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-04 Thread Zach Brown
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:56:39AM +0800, yangsheng wrote: > Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the > future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, > but could also happen if someone fat-fingers a "touch". The future > atime will never be

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-04 Thread Zach Brown
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:56:39AM +0800, yangsheng wrote: Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, but could also happen if someone fat-fingers a touch. The future atime will never be fixed.

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Chinner
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:56:39AM +0800, yangsheng wrote: Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, but could also happen if someone fat-fingers a touch. The future atime will never be fixed.

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-04 Thread Andreas Dilger
On 2012-12-04, at 13:24, Dave Chinner da...@fromorbit.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:56:39AM +0800, yangsheng wrote: Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, but could also happen if

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-03 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:56:39AM +0800, yangsheng wrote: > Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the > future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, > but could also happen if someone fat-fingers a "touch". The future > atime will never be

[PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-03 Thread yangsheng
Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, but could also happen if someone fat-fingers a "touch". The future atime will never be fixed. Before the relatime patch, the future atime would be updated

[PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-03 Thread yangsheng
Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, but could also happen if someone fat-fingers a touch. The future atime will never be fixed. Before the relatime patch, the future atime would be updated

Re: [PATCH] Update atime from future.

2012-12-03 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:56:39AM +0800, yangsheng wrote: Relatime should update the inode atime if it is more than a day in the future. The original problem seen was a tarball that had a bad atime, but could also happen if someone fat-fingers a touch. The future atime will never be fixed.