Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call

2016-05-13 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Friday 13 May 2016 07:28:29 Richard Sharpe wrote: > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:09 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Thursday 05 May 2016 21:00:18 Steve French wrote: > >> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Steve French wrote: > >> > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >> >> I've d

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call

2016-05-13 Thread Richard Sharpe
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:09 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday 05 May 2016 21:00:18 Steve French wrote: >> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Steve French wrote: >> > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> >> On Friday 29 April 2016 13:57:36 David Howells wrote: >> >>> struct s

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call

2016-05-09 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Thursday 05 May 2016 21:00:18 Steve French wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Steve French wrote: > > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >> On Friday 29 April 2016 13:57:36 David Howells wrote: > >>> struct statx *buffer); > >>> > >>> This is an enhanced file stat fun

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call

2016-05-05 Thread Steve French
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Steve French wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Friday 29 April 2016 13:57:36 David Howells wrote: >>> struct statx *buffer); >>> >>> This is an enhanced file stat function that provides a number of useful >>> features, in summary:

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call

2016-05-04 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Friday 29 April 2016 13:57:36 David Howells wrote: > struct statx *buffer); > > This is an enhanced file stat function that provides a number of useful > features, in summary: > > (1) More information: creation time, data version number, inode generation > number

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call

2016-04-30 Thread Jeff Layton
On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 13:57 +0100, David Howells wrote: > Implement a new system call to provide enhanced file stats.  The patches can > be found here: > > > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=xstat > > > === > DESCRIPTION > === > > T

[RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call

2016-04-29 Thread David Howells
Implement a new system call to provide enhanced file stats. The patches can be found here: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=xstat === DESCRIPTION === The first patch provides this new system call: long ret = statx(int d