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DateSun, 5 Aug 2007 21:04:46 +0100
FromAlan Cox <>
SubjectRe: [patch] implement smarter atime updates support
O> you might want to add
> 
> 	/* 
> 	 * if the inode is dirty already, do the atime update since
> 	 * we'll be doing the disk IO anyway to clean the inode.
> 	 */
> 	if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)
> 		return 1;

This makes the actual result somewhat less predictable. Is that wise ?
Right now its clear what happens based on what user sequence of events
and that this is easily repeatable.
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