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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Update atime from future.
	return 1;
> > + /*
> > + * Is the previous atime value old than a day? If yes,
> > * update atime:
> > */
> > if ((long)(now.tv_sec - inode->i_atime.tv_sec) >= 24*60*60)
>
> I don't think this is a good plan for cluster filesystems, since if the
> times on the nodes are not exactly synchronised (we do highly recommend
> people run ntp or similar) then this might lead to excessive atime
> updating. The current behaviour is to ignore atimes which are in the
> future for exactly this reason,

Well, would these "update storms" really be a problem?

AFAICT they should be fairly non-frequent, and worst thing that can
happen is that you'll do as many updates as different time settings,
settling for the lowest value...?
Pavel
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