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

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>>> 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 ?
>
> The timestamp handling was not same with unix fs from initial, and FAT
> doesn't have inode change timestamp.  This historical reason it is not
> better to change to same with unix fs, and never be possible to support
> inode change timestamp cleanly.

I.e. the user visible change without strong reason is the wrong.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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